jquery get selected value from dropdownlist? Not text

Question

How to get value of selected dropdownlist.

Ex.

" Text="---Select---" Value="0">"

I need value "0".

Thanks,

could you post the generated html? – Andreas Wong May 09 '12 at 08:45 — Andreas Wong, May 09 '12 at 08:45

score 40 · Accepted Answer · answered May 09 '12 at 08:46

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To get value:

$('#YourdropDownId').val();

To get text:

$('#YourdropDownId :selected').text();

answered May 09 '12 at 08:46

Raghav

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score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Jul 02 '13 at 20:14

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Try

$('[name="YourdropDownName"] option:selected').val();

edited Jul 02 '13 at 20:14

Gilles 'SO- stop being evil'

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answered Jul 01 '13 at 11:21

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 12 '15 at 10:08

Have seen similar answers but $('#YourdropDownId').val() never worked for me with jQuery 1.10.2

Instead I have to use $("select[id*=ddlurgency]").val() for:

<select name="urgency" id="ddlurgency" class="form-control" runat="server">
   <option value="970200000">Not very urgent</option>
   <option value="970200001">Urgent</option>
   <option value="970200002">Very urgent</option>
</select>

jquery get selected value from dropdownlist? Not text

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