Retrieving the text of the selected <option> in <select> element

Question

In the following:

<select id="test">
    <option value="1">Test One</option>
    <option value="2">Test Two</option>
</select>

How can I get the text of the selected option (ie "Test One" or "Test Two") using JavaScript

document.getElementsById('test').selectedValue returns 1 or 2, what property returns the text of the selected option?

Answer 1

function getSelectedText(elementId) {
    var elt = document.getElementById(elementId);

    if (elt.selectedIndex == -1)
        return null;

    return elt.options[elt.selectedIndex].text;
}

var text = getSelectedText('test');

Answer 2

如果您使用 jQuery，那么您可以编写以下代码：

$("#selectId option:selected").html();

Answer 3

document.getElementById('test').options[document.getElementById('test').selectedIndex].text;

Answer 4

Under HTML5 you are be able to do this:

document.getElementById('test').selectedOptions[0].text

MDN's documentation at https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLSelectElement/selectedOptions indicates full cross-browser support (as of at least December 2017), including Chrome, Firefox, Edge and mobile browsers, but excluding Internet Explorer.

Answer 5

selectElement.options[selectElement.selectedIndex].text;

References:

• options collection, selectedIndex property: HTML DOM Select Object
• text property: HTML DOM Option Object
• exactly the answer of this question: Option text Property

Answer 6

options属性包含所有<options> - 从那里您可以查看.text

document.getElementById('test').options[0].text == 'Text One'

Answer 7

You can use selectedIndex to retrieve the current selected option :

el = document.getElementById('elemId')
selectedText = el.options[el.selectedIndex].text

Answer 8

this.options[this.selectedIndex].innerText

Answer 9

如果您找到了这个线程并想知道如何通过事件获取选定的选项文本，这里是示例代码：

alert(event.target.options[event.target.selectedIndex].text);

Answer 10

Use the select list object, to identify its own selected options index. From there - grab the inner HTML of that index. And now you have the text string of that option.

<select onchange="alert(this.options[this.selectedIndex].innerHTML);">
       <option value="">Select Actions</option>
       <option value="1">Print PDF</option>
       <option value="2">Send Message</option>
       <option value="3">Request Review</option>
       <option value="4">Other Possible Actions</option>
    </select>

Answer 11

The:checked selector can be used with document.querySelector to retrieve the selected option.

let selectedText = document.querySelector('#selectId option:checked').text;
// or
let selectedText = document.querySelector('#selectId')
      .querySelector('option:checked').text;

 document.querySelector('button').addEventListener('click', function(e) { console.log(document.querySelector('#selectId option:checked').text); });

 <select id="selectId"> <option>a</option> <option>b</option> <option>c</option> </select> <button> Get selected text </button>

For select elements with the multiple attribute, document.querySelectorAll can be used to obtain all selected options.

let selectedText = [...document.querySelectorAll('#selectId option:checked')]
   .map(o => o.text);

 document.querySelector('button').addEventListener('click', function(e) { let selectedText = [...document.querySelectorAll('#selectId option:checked')] .map(o => o.text); console.log(selectedText); });

 <select id="selectId" multiple> <option>a</option> <option>b</option> <option>c</option> </select> <button> Get selected text </button>

Answer 12

Similar to @artur just without jQuery, with plain javascript:

// Using @Sean-bright's "elt" variable

var selection=elt.options[elt.selectedIndex].innerHTML;

Answer 13

Easy, simple way:

const select = document.getElementById('selectID');
const selectedOption = [...select.options].find(option => option.selected).text;

Answer 14

It is pretty simple. In javascript anything with an ID doesn't need document.queryselector or $('#test') you can just use test. Then you simply loop over the selectedOptions which is apart of javascript and you can add it to a new array and use that data how ever you want.

let selectedItems = [];
for ( var i = 0; i < test.selectedOptions.length; i++) {
    selectedItems.push(test.selectedOptions[i].text);
}

Also

// if you want values
selectedItems.push(test.selectedOptions[i].value);