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User1899289003
User1899289003

Reputation: 872

How to get selected value/text from HTML Select in codebehind

I'm trying to get my selected value/text from and HTML select option but I can't get it! I already tried with answers posted in this website but none works.

This my code:

<select id="Select" name="Select" runat="server">
    <option value="1">Option 1</option>
</select>

I tried these C# codes:

//With this I get Index out of range error message:
string name = nombre.Items[nombre.SelectedIndex].Text;
//With this I get nothing:
string name = this.nombre.Value.ToString();
//Nothing here:
string name = this.nombre.Value;

What can I do? It's necessary using html select control.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 30930

Answers (2)

user8158183
user8158183

Reputation: 86

to get a value,

string sVal = dropdownName.Items[dropdownName.SelectedIndex].Value;

to get a text,

string sText= dropdownName.Items[dropdownName.SelectedIndex].Text;

Upvotes: 2

John Gage
John Gage

Reputation: 26

You would probably be better off using an asp:DropDownList, but you can still reference straight selects. Here's code that will grab the value and text from your HTML above:

string value = Select.Items[Select.SelectedIndex].Value;
string text = Select.Items[Select.SelectedIndex].Text;

Be sure you're using the correct ID name (Select is shown in your html, but nombre is used in your code behind).

Upvotes: 0

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