Question

$('#button').click(function() {
   if ($('select[name^="dropdown_"][value="Test 1"]').length) {
      alert("Found.");
   }
});

I have 6 dropdown menus on a page. I am trying to check if a certain value is selected in one of them. The above isn’t doing it, although it looks right. What am I missing here?

Answer 1

Use this selector:

$("select[name^="dropdown_"] option[value="Test 1"]:selected)

Though I would suggest perhaps using a class name for those option values so you can get at them more efficiently like:

$('.optionTest1:selected')

Or, at the very least apply a class name on the selects

$('.dropdownSelect option[value="Test 1"]:selected')