jQuery get specific option tag text

Question

All right, say I have this:

<select id='list'>
    <option value='1'>Option A</option>
    <option value='2'>Option B</option>
    <option value='3'>Option C</option>
</select>

What would the selector look like if I wanted to get "Option B" when I have the value '2'?

Please note that this is not asking how to get the selected text value, but just any one of them, whether selected or not, depending on the value attribute. I tried:

$("#list[value='2']").text();

But it is not working.

Answer 1

You can get one of following ways

$("#list").find('option').filter('[value=2]').text()

$("#list").find('option[value=2]').text()

$("#list").children('option[value=2]').text()

$("#list option[value='2']").text()

$(function(){    
    
    console.log($("#list").find('option').filter('[value=2]').text());
    console.log($("#list").find('option[value=2]').text());
    console.log($("#list").children('option[value=2]').text());
    console.log($("#list option[value='2']").text());
    
});

<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<select id='list'>
    <option value='1'>Option A</option>
    <option value='2'>Option B</option>
    <option value='3'>Option C</option>
</select>

Answer 2

If you'd like to get the option with a value of 2, use

$("#list option[value='2']").text();

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If you'd like to get whichever option is currently selected, use

$("#list option:selected").text();

Answer 3

Use:

function selected_state(){
    jQuery("#list option").each(function(){
        if(jQuery(this).val() == "2"){
            jQuery(this).attr("selected","selected");
            return false;
        }
    });
}

jQuery(document).ready(function(){
    selected_state();
});

Answer 4

It's looking for an element with id list which has a property value equal to 2. What you want is the option child of the list.

$("#list option[value='2']").text()

Answer 5

As an alternative solution, you can also use a context part of jQuery selector to find <option> element(s) with value="2" inside the dropdown list:

$("option[value='2']", "#list").text();

Answer 6

$("#list option:selected").each(function() {
   alert($(this).text());
});  

for multiple selected value in the #list element.