jquery remove selected dropdown item

Question

once i select an item from dropdown, the item will be placed inside

tag as below

the code for html and javascript are as below

 <select class="dropDownList" id="PersonFunction"> <option value="">Choose</option> <option value="1">Vice President</option> <option value="2">Director</option> <option value="3">Secretary</option> <option value="4">Clerk</option> </select> <div class="options"> <ul> </uL> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> $("#PersonFunction").change(function() { var val = $("option:selected", $(this)).text(); var opt1 = '<li id="'+ $(this).val()+'">'+val+ '<a href="#" class="launch" onclick="removeItem(event)"> remove</a></li>'; $('.options ul').append(opt1); }); function removeItem(event){ disabledEventPreventDefault(event); } </script> 

now i need to remove the items when i click remove link which will trigger removeItem function, how can i do this action.Had try many way but didn't work.Thanks

Answer 1

$(".options").on('click', 'a', function (e) {
   $(this).closest('li').remove();
   e.preventDefault();
});

Another small thing: you can use $("option:selected", this) . this does not need to be in a selector.

Answer 2

You can do it this way,

Live Demo

$("#PersonFunction").change(function() {
debugger
    var val = $("option:selected", $(this)).text();
var opt1 = '<li id="'+ $(this).val()+'">'+val+ '<a href="#" class="launch" onclick="removeItem(event)"> remove</a></li>';

    $('.options ul').append(opt1);
});

$(document).on("click", ".launch", function(event){      
    $(this).closest('li').remove();
});​