selected text from a drop-down list (select box) using jQuery
Posted Date:01-07-2017
In this post we will explain selected text from a drop-down list (select box) using jQuery
Step 1: Include jQuery Plugin
<source src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.8.1/jquery.min.js"></source >
Step 2:Create the HTML page using following code
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>Drop Down Select text value </title> <source src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.8.1/jquery.min.js"></source> </head> <body> <select name="select_text" id="select_text" class="select_text"> <option value="" class="option_class">Select Plan</option> <option data-basic="basic" value="601">Option1</option> <option value=".30">Option2</option> </select> <button onclick="GetText();">click</button> <source> function GetText() { alert('Text:'+$("#select_text option:selected").text()); alert('Value: '+$("#select_text").val()); } </source> </body> </html>
In the above example excute after you get dropdown text value and text value