Question

I am using the following code and it sets the value of the 2nd line correctly. When I use the debugger I can see that typeSelected HAS a text value I expect:

            var typeSelected      = $("#dialogType :selected").text();
            parent.find(".refType").html('aa');

When I replace it with:

            var typeSelected      = $("#dialogType :selected").text();
            parent.find(".refType").html(typeSelected);

Then the 2nd line doesn’t get set to anything.

Is it wrong just for me to put .html(typeSelected) ?

Answer 1

What kind of element is "#dialogType"?

Looking at ":selected" I think you should use .val() instead of .text() to get the correct value.