How do I get the selected value from a dropdown list using JavaScript?
<form>
<select id="ddlViewBy">
<option value="1">test1</option>
<option value="2" selected="selected">test2</option>
<option value="3">test3</option>
</select>
</form>
Given a select element that looks like this:
<select id="ddlViewBy">
<option value="1">test1</option>
<option value="2" selected="selected">test2</option>
<option value="3">test3</option>
</select>
Running this code:
var e = document.getElementById("ddlViewBy");
var value = e.value;
var text = e.options[e.selectedIndex].text;
Results in:
value == 2
text == "test2"
Interactive example:
var e = document.getElementById("ddlViewBy");
function onChange() {
var value = e.value;
var text = e.options[e.selectedIndex].text;
console.log(value, text);
}
e.onchange = onChange;
onChange();
<form>
<select id="ddlViewBy">
<option value="1">test1</option>
<option value="2" selected="selected">test2</option>
<option value="3">test3</option>
</select>
</form>
Plain JavaScript:
var e = document.getElementById("elementId");
var value = e.options[e.selectedIndex].value;
var text = e.options[e.selectedIndex].text;
jQuery:
$("#elementId :selected").text(); // The text content of the selected option
$("#elementId").val(); // The value of the selected option
AngularJS: (http://jsfiddle.net/qk5wwyct):
// HTML
<select ng-model="selectItem" ng-options="item as item.text for item in items">
</select>
<p>Text: {{selectItem.text}}</p>
<p>Value: {{selectItem.value}}</p>
// JavaScript
$scope.items = [{
value: 'item_1_id',
text: 'Item 1'
}, {
value: 'item_2_id',
text: 'Item 2'
}];
var strUser = e.options[e.selectedIndex].value;
This is correct and should give you the value.
Is it the text you're after?
var strUser = e.options[e.selectedIndex].text;
So you're clear on the terminology:
<select>
<option value="hello">Hello World</option>
</select>
This option has:
Index = 0
Value = hello
Text = Hello World
The following code exhibits various examples related to getting/putting of values from input/select fields using JavaScript.
Source Link
Working Javascript & jQuery Demo
<select id="Ultra" onchange="run()"> <!--Call run() function-->
<option value="0">Select</option>
<option value="8">text1</option>
<option value="5">text2</option>
<option value="4">text3</option>
</select><br><br>
TextBox1<br>
<input type="text" id="srt" placeholder="get value on option select"><br>
TextBox2<br>
<input type="text" id="rtt" placeholder="Write Something !" onkeyup="up()">
The following script is getting the value of the selected option and putting it in text box 1
<script>
function run() {
document.getElementById("srt").value = document.getElementById("Ultra").value;
}
</script>
The following script is getting a value from a text box 2 and alerting with its value
<script>
function up() {
//if (document.getElementById("srt").value != "") {
var dop = document.getElementById("srt").value;
//}
alert(dop);
}
</script>
The following script is calling a function from a function
<script>
function up() {
var dop = document.getElementById("srt").value;
pop(dop); // Calling function pop
}
function pop(val) {
alert(val);
}?
</script>
var selectedValue = document.getElementById("ddlViewBy").value;
If you ever run across code written purely for Internet Explorer you might see this:
var e = document.getElementById("ddlViewBy");
var strUser = e.options(e.selectedIndex).value;
Running the above in Firefox et al will give you an 'is not a function' error, because Internet Explorer allows you to get away with using () instead of []:
var e = document.getElementById("ddlViewBy");
var strUser = e.options[e.selectedIndex].value;
The correct way is to use square brackets.
Use:
<select id="Ultra" onchange="alert(this.value)">
<option value="0">Select</option>
<option value="8">text1</option>
<option value="5">text2</option>
<option value="4">text3</option>
</select>
Any input/form field can use a “this” keyword when you are accessing it from inside the element. This eliminates the need for locating a form in the DOM tree and then locating this element inside the form.
There are two ways to get this done either using JavaScript or jQuery.
JavaScript:
var getValue = document.getElementById('ddlViewBy').selectedOptions[0].value;
alert (getValue); // This will output the value selected.
OR
var ddlViewBy = document.getElementById('ddlViewBy');
var value = ddlViewBy.options[ddlViewBy.selectedIndex].value;
var text = ddlViewBy.options[ddlViewBy.selectedIndex].text;
alert (value); // This will output the value selected
alert (text); // This will output the text of the value selected
jQuery:
$("#ddlViewBy:selected").text(); // Text of the selected value
$("#ddlViewBy").val(); // Outputs the value of the ID in 'ddlViewBy'
Beginners are likely to want to access values from a select with the NAME attribute rather than ID attribute. We know all form elements need names, even before they get ids.
So, I'm adding the getElementsByName() solution just for new developers to see too.
NB. names for form elements will need to be unique for your form to be usable once posted, but the DOM can allow a name be shared by more than one element. For that reason consider adding IDs to forms if you can, or be explicit with form element names my_nth_select_named_x and my_nth_text_input_named_y.
Example using getElementsByName:
var e = document.getElementsByName("my_select_with_name_ddlViewBy")[0];
var strUser = e.options[e.selectedIndex].value;
Just use
$('#SelectBoxId option:selected').text(); for getting the text as listed
$('#SelectBoxId').val(); for getting the selected index value
I don't know if I'm the one that doesn't get the question right, but this just worked for me:
Use an onchange() event in your HTML, for example.
<select id="numberToSelect" onchange="selectNum()">
<option value="1">One</option>
<option value="2">Two</option>
<option value="3">Three</option>
</select>
JavaScript
function selectNum() {
var strUser = document.getElementById("numberToSelect").value;
}
This will give you whatever value is on the select dropdown per click.
Using jQuery:
$('select').val();
The previous answers still leave room for improvement because of the possibilities, the intuitiveness of the code, and the use of id versus name. One can get a read-out of three data of a selected option -- its index number, its value and its text. This simple, cross-browser code does all three:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Demo GetSelectOptionData</title>
</head>
<body>
<form name="demoForm">
<select name="demoSelect" onchange="showData()">
<option value="zilch">Select:</option>
<option value="A">Option 1</option>
<option value="B">Option 2</option>
<option value="C">Option 3</option>
</select>
</form>
<p id="firstP"> </p>
<p id="secondP"> </p>
<p id="thirdP"> </p>
<script>
function showData() {
var theSelect = demoForm.demoSelect;
var firstP = document.getElementById('firstP');
var secondP = document.getElementById('secondP');
var thirdP = document.getElementById('thirdP');
firstP.innerHTML = ('This option\'s index number is: ' + theSelect.selectedIndex + ' (Javascript index numbers start at 0)');
secondP.innerHTML = ('Its value is: ' + theSelect[theSelect.selectedIndex].value);
thirdP.innerHTML = ('Its text is: ' + theSelect[theSelect.selectedIndex].text);
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
Live demo: http://jsbin.com/jiwena/1/edit?html,output .
id should be used for make-up purposes. For functional form purposes, name is still valid, also in HTML5, and should still be used. Lastly, mind the use of square versus round brackets in certain places. As was explained before, only (older versions of) Internet Explorer will accept round ones in all places.
Another solution is:
document.getElementById('elementId').selectedOptions[0].value
The simplest way to do this is:
var value = document.getElementById("selectId").value;
You can use querySelector.
E.g.
var myElement = document.getElementById('ddlViewBy');
var myValue = myElement.querySelector('[selected]').value;
Running example of how it works:
var e = document.getElementById("ddlViewBy");
var val1 = e.options[e.selectedIndex].value;
var txt = e.options[e.selectedIndex].text;
document.write("<br />Selected option Value: "+ val1);
document.write("<br />Selected option Text: "+ txt);
<select id="ddlViewBy">
<option value="1">test1</option>
<option value="2">test2</option>
<option value="3" selected="selected">test3</option>
</select>
Note: The values don't change as the dropdown is changed, if you require that functionality then an onClick change is to be implemented.
To go along with the previous answers, this is how I do it as a one-liner. This is for getting the actual text of the selected option. There are good examples for getting the index number already. (And for the text, I just wanted to show this way)
let selText = document.getElementById('elementId').options[document.getElementById('elementId').selectedIndex].text
In some rare instances you may need to use parentheses, but this would be very rare.
let selText = (document.getElementById('elementId')).options[(document.getElementById('elementId')).selectedIndex].text;
I doubt this processes any faster than the two line version. I simply like to consolidate my code as much as possible.
Unfortunately this still fetches the element twice, which is not ideal. A method that only grabs the element once would be more useful, but I have not figured that out yet, in regards to doing this with one line of code.
I have a bit different view of how to achieve this. I'm usually doing this with the following approach (it is an easier way and works with every browser as far as I know):
<select onChange="functionToCall(this.value);" id="ddlViewBy">
<option value="value1">Text one</option>
<option value="value2">Text two</option>
<option value="value3">Text three</option>
<option value="valueN">Text N</option>
</select>
In 2015, in Firefox, the following also works.
e.options.selectedIndex
In more modern browsers, querySelector allows us to retrieve the selected option in one statement, using the :checked pseudo-class. From the selected option, we can gather whatever information we need:
const opt = document.querySelector('#ddlViewBy option:checked');
// opt is now the selected option, so
console.log(opt.value, 'is the selected value');
console.log(opt.text, "is the selected option's text");
<select id="ddlViewBy">
<option value="1">test1</option>
<option value="2" selected="selected">test2</option>
<option value="3">test3</option>
</select>
event.target.value inside the onChange callback did the trick for me.
Most answers here get the value of the "this" select menu onchange by a plain text JavaScript selector.
For example:
document.getElementById("ddlViewBy").value;
This is not a DRY approach.
DRY (three lines of code):
function handleChange(e) {
let innerText = e.target[e.target.options.selectedIndex].innerText;
let value = e.target.value;
/* Do something with these values */
}
Get the first select option:
console.log(e.target[0]); /* Output: <option value="value_hello">Hello innerText</option>*/
With this idea in mind, we dynamically return a "this" select option item (by selectedIndex):
e.target[e.target.options.selectedIndex].innerText;
Demo
let log = document.getElementById('log');
function handleChange(e) {
let innerText = e.target[e.target.options.selectedIndex].innerText;
let value = e.target.value;
log.innerHTML = `<table>
<tr><th>value</th><th>innerText</th></tr>
<tr><td>${value}</td><td>${innerText}</td></tr>
</table>`;
}
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/milligram/1.4.1/milligram.css">
<select id="greet" onchange="handleChange(event)">
<option value="value_hello">Hello innerText</option>
<option value="value_goodbye">Goodbye innerText</option>
<option value="value_seeYou">See you... innerText</option>
</select>
<select id="other_select_menu" onchange="handleChange(event)">
<option value="value_paris">Paris innerText</option>
<option value="value_ny">New York innerText</option>
</select>
<div id="log"></div>
Here is a JavaScript code line:
var x = document.form1.list.value;
Assuming that the dropdown menu named list name="list" and included in a form with name attribute name="form1".
I think you can attach an event listener to the select tag itself e.g:
<script>
document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", (_) => {
document.querySelector("select").addEventListener("change", (e) => {
console.log(e.target.value);
});
});
</script>
In this scenario, you should make sure you have a value attribute for all of your options, and they are not null.
You should be using querySelector to achieve this. This also standardizes the way of getting a value from form elements.
var dropDownValue = document.querySelector('#ddlViewBy').value;
Fiddle: https://jsfiddle.net/3t80pubr/
Try
ddlViewBy.value // value
ddlViewBy.selectedOptions[0].text // label
console.log( ddlViewBy.value );
console.log( ddlViewBy.selectedOptions[0].text );
<select id="ddlViewBy">
<option value="1">Happy</option>
<option value="2">Tree</option>
<option value="3" selected="selected">Friends</option>
</select>
Here's an easy way to do it in an onchange function:
event.target.options[event.target.selectedIndex].dataset.name
<select name="test" id="test" >
<option value="1" full-name="Apple">A</option>
<option value="2" full-name="Ball">B</option>
<option value="3" full-name="Cat" selected>C</option>
</select>
var obj = document.getElementById('test');
obj.options[obj.selectedIndex].value; //3
obj.options[obj.selectedIndex].text; //C
obj.options[obj.selectedIndex].getAttribute('full-name'); //Cat
obj.options[obj.selectedIndex].selected; //true
There is a workaround, using the EasyUI framework with all of its plugins.
You only need to add some EasyUI object that can read from an input as a "bridge" to the drop-down menu.
Example: easyui-searchbox
To the left, the drop-down, to the right, the easyui-searchbox:
...
<input id="ss" class="easyui-searchbox" style="width:300px"
data-options=" searcher:my_function,
prompt:'Enter value',
menu:'#mm'">
<div id="mm" style="width:200px">
<div data-options="name:'1'">test1</div>
<div data-options="name:'2'">test2</div>
</div>
...
...
<script type="text/javascript">
function my_js_function(triggeredByButton = false){
// normal text of the searchbox (what you entered)
var value = $("#ss").searchbox("getValue");
// what you chose from the drop-down menu
var name = $("#ss").searchbox("getName");
...
Mind: the var name is the '1' or '2', that is, the "value of the drop-down", while var value is the value that was entered in the easyui-searchbox instead and not relevant if you only want to know the value of the drop-down.
I checked how EasyUI fetches that #mm name, and I could not find out how to get that name without the help of EasyUI. The jQuery behind getName:
getName:function(jq){
return $.data(jq[0],"searchbox").searchbox.find("input.textbox-value").attr("name");
}
Mind that the return of this function is not the value of the easyui-searchbox, but the name of the #mm drop-down that was used as the menu parameter of the easyui-searchbox. Somehow EasyUI must get that other value, therefore it must be possible.
If you do not want any plugin to be seen, make it as tiny as possible? Or find perhaps a plugin that does not need a form at all in the link above, I just did not take the time.
I have the following code written in Razor view in MVC in C#. I want to select one of the item based on value but it is not working. I confirmed that the variable Facilities contain value Un-Funded but it doesn't select this item.
<select id="facilities" class="form-control" style="width:200px;">
<option #{ if (Facilities == "Funded") { Response.Write(" selected "); } }>Funded</option>
<option #{ if (Facilities == "Un-Funded") { Response.Write(" selected "); } }>Un-Funded</option>
</select>
Here's screenshot of how HTML looks like. Notice it is not printing selected for any of the option.
I am using Response.Write which doesn't work in Razor view. Using #Html.Raw("some string") fixed the issue. So the code will look like this:
#{ if(Facilities == "Funded") { #Html.Raw("selected='selected'") } }
You can try to use js,so that if you have many options,you don't need to check on each option:
<select id="facilities" class="form-control" style="width:200px;">
<option value="Funded">Funded</option>
<option value="Un-Funded">Un-Funded</option>
</select>
<script>
$(function () {
$("#facilities").val("#Facilities");
//Or you can use $("#facilities").val(#Html.Raw(Json.Encode(Facilities)));
})
</script>
With MVC 5 you can use this method #: to insert your selected:
<select id="facilities" class="form-control" style="width:200px;">
<option value="Funded" #{ if (Facilities == "Funded") { #: selected="selected"
}}>
Funded
</option>
<option value="Un-Funded" #{ if (Facilities == "Un-Funded") { #: selected="selected"
}}>
Un-Funded
</option>
</select>
for older version you can check this link :
setting-the-selected-option-in-mvc3
I need some help with my select tag helper.
I have an asp.net MVC View with a select 2 control as follows:
<div class="col-md-3">
<div class="form-group">
<label asp-for="NumberingType.Type" class="control-label" data-toggle="popover" data-placement="right" data-trigger="click" title="Field Help" data-content="Select the Numbering Scheme type that you want to create">Number Scheme Type *</label>
<select asp-for="NumberingType.TenantNumberingTypeId" asp-items="Model.NumberingType.NumberingTypeList" class="form-control select2">
<option></option>
</select>
<span asp-validation-for="NumberingType.TenantNumberingTypeId" class="text-danger"></span>
</div>
</div>
I am initialising the select2 as follows:
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function () {
$(".select2").select2({
placeholder: "Select",
theme: 'bootstrap',
allowClear: true
});
});
</script>
I am loading the correct scripts:
<link href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/select2/4.0.5/css/select2.min.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/select2/4.0.5/js/select2.full.min.js"></script>
In my controller, I am populating the select 2 as follows:
public async Task<IActionResult> EditNumberScheme(int numberId)
{
var vm = new NumberingViewModel();
try
{
vm = await GetNumberingViewModel(numberId);
vm = UpdatedBaseViewModel<NumberingViewModel>(vm);
}
catch (Exception e)
{
await ErrorHandler.HandleException(e);
vm.MessageType = BaseViewModel.UserMessageType.Error;
}
return View(vm);
}
and
private async Task<NumberingViewModel> GetNumberingViewModel(int numberId)
{
var number = await DataGet.GetTenantNumberScheme(numberId);
NumberingViewModel model = new NumberingViewModel
{
Numbering = number
};
model.NumberingType = new TenantNumberingTypeModel();
model.NumberingType.NumberingTypeList = DataGet.GetTenantNumberingTypes().Result
.Select(x => new SelectListItem { Value = x.TenantNumberingTypeId.ToString(), Text = x.Type, Selected = (x.TenantNumberingTypeId == number.TenantNumberingTypeId) })
.ToList();
model.Owner = await DataGet.GetTenantOwner(UserInfo.Instance.Tenant.TenantId);
return model;
}
The select2 values are successfully loaded from the database and the selected value shows in the controller.
When placing a breakpoint at the select in the View, it is clear that the selected value is set as true in the NumberingTypeList.
Model.NumberingType.NumberTypeList = Count = 4
[1] = {Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Rendering.SelectListItem}
Disabled = false
Group = null
Selected = true
Text = "Credit Note"
Value = "2"
However the selected value is not rendered in the view.
<select class="form-control select2 select2-hidden-accessible" data-val="true" data-val-required="The TenantNumberingTypeId field is required." id="NumberingType_TenantNumberingTypeId" name="NumberingType.TenantNumberingTypeId" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true">
<option></option>
<option value="1">Invoice</option>
<option value="2">Credit Note</option>
<option value="3">Order</option>
<option value="4">Deposit</option>
</select>
Any help will be appreciated
Thanks
I managed to get this working by following this tutorial https://www.learnrazorpages.com/razor-pages/tag-helpers/select-tag-helper
It seems that the error is caused by the binding of the asp-for attribute. When I explicitly set the selected item in the controller as so:
model.NumberType = new TenantNumberingTypeModel();
model.NumberType.NumberSchemeList = DataGet.GetTenantNumberingTypes().Result
.Select(x => new SelectListItem { Value = x.TenantNumberingTypeId.ToString(), Text = x.Type })
.ToList();
model.NumberingType.TenantNumberingTypeId = number.TenantNumberingTypeId;
number being the object retrieved from the database
then it works correctly and the asp-items automatically selects the value that is represented by the asp-for attribute.
<select class="form-control select2 select2-hidden-accessible" data-val="true" data-val-required="Please select a type" id="NumberType_NumberTypeId" name="NumberType.NumberTypeId" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true">
<option></option>
<option value="1">Invoice</option>
<option selected="selected" value="2">Credit Note</option>
<option value="3">Order</option>
<option value="4">Deposit</option>
</select>
Hope this helps someone
That is the example of the visibility, you must use "select2.full.min.js".
I want to show items with indention in html.dropdownlist
this is code in controller
IEnumerable<ViewModels.testvm> test = db.Database.SqlQuery<ViewModels.testvm>(#"WITH tree (id, parentid, level, title, rn) as
(
some code
)
***********SELECT id,REPLICATE(' ',level) + title as title
FROM tree
order by RN");
ViewBag.ParentID = new SelectList(test, "ID", "Title");
as you can see I add   to dropdown items in replecate
but the problem is   shows in dropdown.
this is view > source result:
<select class="form-control" id="ParentID" name="ParentID"><option
value="10">Menu1</option>
<option value="11"> Sub1</option>
<option value="14"> Submenu1</option>
<option value="12">Menu2</option>
<option value="16"> sub2</option>
<option value="13">Menu3</option>
<option value="15"> sub3</option>
<option value="17"> sub sub</option>
<option value="22"> sub3 sub sub</option>
<option value="19">menu4</option>
<option value="20"> sub4</option>
<option value="21">menu5</option>
</select>
as you can see converted to
I tried "\xA0" instead of   but it shows in dropdown too!
I think html.raw can solve this, but I don't know how can I use it with html.dropdownlist.
this is view
<div class="col-md-10">
#Html.DropDownList( "ParentID", null, htmlAttributes: new { #class = "form-
control" })
</div>
any Idea?
Edit
by changing view like this the problem solved:
I tried this after checked a post as answer
<select class="form-control" id="ParentID" name="ParentID">
<option value="0">First Level</option>
#foreach (var item in ViewBag.ParentID)
{
<option value="#item.Value">#Html.Raw(#item.Text)</option>
}
</select>
You can manually create the dropdown list assuming you place your collection in a ViewModel member called ParentIDs:
The View:
#if (Model.ParentIDs.Any())
{
<select class="form-control" id="ParentID" name="ParentID">
#foreach (var item in Model.ParentIDs)
{
if (Model.ParentID == item.id)
{
<option value="#item.id" selected>#item.title</option>
}
else
{
<option value="#item.id">#item.title</option>
}
}
</select>
}