Comments on: :selected Selector

By: Vaandu

Vaandu — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 19:19:28 +0000

I use “$(stateId).val(state);” to set value for the State dropdown, I need to make the option selected. How to get the options from it and make it selected?

By: Shakyshane

Shakyshane — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 01:45:09 +0000

$("#ddlStates").find(':selected').text();

This worked REALLY well...

Also, if you have this type of option -

and you want to return the '1' instead of the text, just use...

$("#ddlStates").find(':selected').val();

By: Manas

Manas — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 19:39:51 +0000

how to return selectedindexchanged is true or false of dropdownlist using jquery

By: ahoge

ahoge — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 18:21:12 +0000

He probably meant the select's itself, not the option's id. Does anybody know how to get it?

By: ahoge

ahoge — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 10:21:12 +0000

He probably meant the select's itself, not the option's id. Does anybody know how to get it?

By: horizons

horizons — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 07:20:17 +0000

$(“option:selected”,this).text();
should also work

By: Sam

Sam — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 14:08:15 +0000

Use this.id, not $(this).attr('id'). This will be far, far quicker.

By: Juviloso

Juviloso — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 20:12:49 +0000

to find the id:

var id=$(this).attr('id');

to find the texto for it selected option:

var cat_txt=$('#'+id+' :selected').text();

when i see your answer, then i find a solution for me

By: Jinwen_wang

Jinwen_wang — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 16:48:17 +0000

It's not working in IE6. Is there a workaround? Thanks!

By: GFunk

GFunk — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 15:09:33 +0000

Use $(“select[name='garden'] option:selected”) to select a option in your garden drop-down menu and $(“select[name='house'] option:selected”) to select a option in your house drop-down menu. Hope that helps.