Question

Probably a simple one, but I need some help. I had some radio buttons and was using the following jQuery to see which was checked:

var desc1 = ($('input[name=area]:checked').val());

That worked fine, but I now need to use a drop down menu instead of the radio buttons. I tried the same jQuery and also with “selected” instead of “checked” but no luck. How do I get this to work?

Thanks

Answer 1

What you’re trying to get is in fact the value of the <select> element:

$("select").val();