Hi there
I know I can get the value using $("#dropdown").val()
does anybody know how i get the label?
Cheers
+8
A:
var text = $("#dropdown").find("option:selected").text();
which is the same as
var text = $("#dropdown option:selected").text();
mkoryak
2010-10-01 12:09:40
You beat Nick in speed. That's a feat on it's own right.
BBonifield
2010-10-01 12:11:04
@BBonifield, *Vive la Revolución!* =) @mkoryak, +1 (and not *just* for beating Nick)
David Thomas
2010-10-01 12:14:52
@BBonifield - It's not that hard to be faster anyone really...different people are mapped to different SO servers (IP hash) which have a cache refreshing at staggered intervals...which means one person may never see a question even appear on their unanswered list before it's been answered and upvoted before *that* server's cache refreshes, even constantly refreshing :)
Nick Craver
2010-10-01 12:19:23
@Nick, uhm, yea, nice theory.. just admit defeat!! ;)
mkoryak
2010-10-01 12:23:50
@mkoryak - It's true :) During the day I don't even see a ton of questions even in the categories I'm most active in, same goes for all users...you just don't realize it unless you look at the all questions by recent list :) (That is, if you *usually* look at "Unanswered" as I do)
Nick Craver
2010-10-01 12:26:05
It is still a duplicate ;)
Felix Kling
2010-10-01 12:32:30
+1
A:
Use the :selected selector (to get the selected <option>) and get the .text(), for example:
$("#dropdown :selected").text()
Nick Craver
2010-10-01 12:09:55