I am trying to see if an option was selected in a selectbox and if not, I want it to alert a string. I was referring to this link(Check if option is selected with jQuery, if not select a default), but its not working.
Here's my code:
<select id="language" name="language">
<option value=""></option>
<option value="1">One</option>
<option value="2">Two</option>
<option value="3">Three</option>
</select>
if(!$("#language option:selected").length) {
alert('no option is selected');
}
I pretty much copied the linked answer, but it's still not working. What am I missing?
Another way to go is:
if($("#language").attr("selectedIndex") == 0) {
alert("You haven't selected anything!");
}
Working example at: http://jsbin.com/eluki3/edit
perhaps because the first one is selected by default.
try using
if($('#language :selected').text() == ''){
alert('no option is selected');
}
if ( $("#language option:selected").val() === "" )
{
alert("No items selected");
}
or simply
if ( $("#language").val() === "" )
{
alert("No items selected");
}
Have you put the jQuery code inside a
$(function() { });
?
It needs to be evaluated after the DOM is ready.
I solved the same issue using:
if ($('#mySelector option:selected').get().length>0) {
//code
} else ...