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jQuery get specific option tag text
How to get the text of the selected option of a select using jquery?

I have a dropdown list and I want to know the text of the selected item. For example:

<select>
    <option value="1">Volvo</option>
    <option value="2">Saab</option>
    <option value="3">Mercedes</option>
</select>

If I know the selected value, how can I get it’s text value? For instance, if the value is 1 how can I get Volvo?

Help much appreciated.

Answer 1

You can use option:selected to get the chosen option of the select element, then the text() method:

$("select option:selected").text();

Here’s an example:

console.log($("select option:selected").text());

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.2.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<select>
    <option value="1">Volvo</option>
    <option value="2" selected="selected">Saab</option>
    <option value="3">Mercedes</option>
</select>