how to get the selected value from dropdown in jQuery

Question

Hi, I want to get the next value of selected value in the dropdown by JQuery. how to do ?

Answer 1

Assuming you think of select when you say dropdown: $("dropdown_selector option:selected").next().val()

Answer 2

if ($("myselect").options[selectedIndex] < $("myselect").items.length)
      alert($("myselect").options[$("myselect").selectedIndex+1].text);
else
      alert($("myselect").options[$("myselect").selectedIndex].text);