Question

once i select an item from dropdown, the item will be placed inside

tag as below

the code for html and javascript are as below

<select class="dropDownList" id="PersonFunction">
    <option value="">Choose</option>
    <option value="1">Vice President</option>
    <option value="2">Director</option>
    <option value="3">Secretary</option>
    <option value="4">Clerk</option>
</select>
<div class="options">
    <ul>
    </uL>
</div>

<script type="text/javascript">
$("#PersonFunction").change(function() {

    var val = $("option:selected", $(this)).text();
var opt1 = '<li id="'+ $(this).val()+'">'+val+ '<a href="#" class="launch" onclick="removeItem(event)"> remove</a></li>';

    $('.options ul').append(opt1);
});
function removeItem(event){
    disabledEventPreventDefault(event);

}
</script>

now i need to remove the items when i click remove link which will trigger removeItem
function, how can i do this action.Had try many way but didn’t work.Thanks

Answer 1

$(".options").on('click', 'a', function (e) {
   $(this).closest('li').remove();
   e.preventDefault();
});

Another small thing: you can use $("option:selected", this). this does not need to be in a selector.