Question

In the following:

<select id='test'>     <option value='1'>Test One</option>     <option value='2'>Test Two</option> </select> 

How can I get the text of the selected option (i.e. ‘Test One’ or ‘Test Two’) using JavaScript

document.getElementsById('test').selectedValue returns 1 or 2, what property returns the text of the selected option?

Answer 1

function getSelectedText(elementId) {     var elt = document.getElementById(elementId);      if (elt.selectedIndex == -1)         return null;      return elt.options[elt.selectedIndex].text; }  var text = getSelectedText('test');