selva
selva

Reputation: 809

jquery get selected value from dropdownlist? Not text

How to get value of selected dropdownlist.

Ex.

" Text="---Select---" Value="0">"

I need value "0".

Thanks,

Upvotes: 7

Views: 32801

Answers (3)

Jorge
Jorge

Reputation: 1186

Have seen similar answers but $('#YourdropDownId').val() never worked for me with jQuery 1.10.2

Instead I have to use $("select[id*=ddlurgency]").val() for:

<select name="urgency" id="ddlurgency" class="form-control" runat="server">
   <option value="970200000">Not very urgent</option>
   <option value="970200001">Urgent</option>
   <option value="970200002">Very urgent</option>
</select>

Upvotes: 0

Kheteswar
Kheteswar

Reputation: 191

Try

$('[name="YourdropDownName"] option:selected').val();

Upvotes: 1

Raghav
Raghav

Reputation: 9630

To get value:

$('#YourdropDownId').val();

To get text:

$('#YourdropDownId :selected').text(); 

Upvotes: 40

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