i have a dropdownlist in my web-page how i can get the value from the selected option of them
like
<select id="selme">
<option id="a" value="1">I need it</option>
</select>
how i can get the value "I need it" whenver it will select.
i not talking about attribute "value" i need a value who fill inside option tags of dropdownlist
Try
$("#selme").change(function(){
$(this).find("option:selected").text();
});
See a working demo
http://groups.google.com/group/jquery-en/browse_thread/thread/2970457bc8ec7ec5?pli=1
All there for you
Here is a jsfiddle for you I just made http://jsfiddle.net/AqmZp/
Basically it actually is just $("#selme").val();
Check it Out-->
For getting text
$("#selme").change(function(){
$(this[this.selectedIndex]).text();
});
For getting value
$("#selme").change(function(){
$(this[this.selectedIndex]).val();
});
Try this..
$('#selme option:selected').text();
$('#selme option:selected').html()