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jQuery - get selected option text from dropdown select

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In this article, we would like to show you how to get selected option text from dropdown select using jQuery.

Quick solution:

var text = $('#my-dropdown-id option:selected').text();

or:

var text = $('#my-dropdown-id').find(":selected").text();

 

Practical example

// ONLINE-RUNNER:browser;

<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
    <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.0.0/jquery.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
  <select id="my-dropdown-id">
    <option value="1">Blue</option>
    <option value="2" selected>Green</option>
    <option value="3">Red</option>
    <option value="4">Yellow</option>
  </select>
<script>
  
    $(document).ready(function() {
        var text1 = $('#my-dropdown-id option:selected').text();
        console.log("text1: " + text1);

        var text2 = $('#my-dropdown-id').find(":selected").text();
        console.log("text2: " + text2);
    });
  
</script>
</body>
</html>

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