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Asked: 2026-06-02T13:16:54+00:00

$(‘#mySelectBox option’).each(function() { if ($(this).isChecked()) alert(‘this option is selected’); else alert(‘this is not’); });

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$('#mySelectBox option').each(function() {
    if ($(this).isChecked())
       alert('this option is selected');
     else
       alert('this is not');
});

Apparently, the isChecked doesn’t work. SO my question is what is the proper way to do this?
Thanks.

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  1. Editorial Team

    UPDATE

    A more direct jQuery method to the option selected would be:

    var selected_option = $('#mySelectBox option:selected');

    Answering the question .is(':selected') is what you are looking for:

    $('#mySelectBox option').each(function() {
    if($(this).is(':selected')) ...

    The non jQuery (arguably best practice) way to do it would be:

    $('#mySelectBox option').each(function() {
    if(this.selected) ...

    Although, if you are just looking for the selected value try:

    $('#mySelectBox').val()

    If you are looking for the selected value’s text do:

    $('#mySelectBox option').filter(':selected').text();

    Check out: http://api.jquery.com/selected-selector/

    Next time look for duplicate SO questions:

    Get current selected option
    or
    Set selected option
    or
    How to get $(this) selected option in jQuery?
    or
    option[selected=true] doesn't work

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