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How to pull a value from a <select> control

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Sep 22.2011

I would like to pull the displayed value from a select control, here is an example:

<select id=”test” name=”test” size=”1″>
<option value=”1″>Yes</option>
<option value=”0″>No</option>
</select>

I’d like Javascript to grab the Yes or No of the select, not the 1 or 0.

So, for simplicity, lets use an alert:

alert(document.getElementById(“test”).value)

That produces the alert box with 1, I’d like it to alert saying Yes.

How do I do that?

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@DanInMASep 22.2011 — I beleive this will work:

alert(document.getElementById("test").selected.value)
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@xelawhoSep 23.2011 — I have only ever got it working like this (or a minor variation):

[CODE]
var sel=document.getElementById('test');
alert(sel.options[sel.selectedIndex].text);
[/CODE]

but surely there are other ways...
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@KorSep 23.2011 — I would like to pull the displayed [COLOR="Red"]value[/COLOR] from a select control,

[..]

That produces the alert box with 1, I'd like it to alert saying [COLOR="Red"]Yes[/COLOR].
[/QUOTE]
That is not the selected [I]value[/I], that is the selected option's [I]text[/I]. Use the solution provided by [B]xelawho[/B].

I beleive this will work:

alert(document.getElementById("test").selected.value)
[/quote]
[B]DanInMA[/B], are you sure that your solution is written in JavaScript? :rolleyes: Never heard about a property called [B]selected[/B] applied upon a [B]select[/B] element. Neither about a property [B]value[/B] applied upon a property [B]selected[/B]. ?
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@dzirkelbauthorSep 23.2011 — I have only ever got it working like this (or a minor variation):

[CODE]
var sel=document.getElementById('test');
alert(sel.options[sel.selectedIndex].text);
[/CODE]

but surely there are other ways...[/QUOTE]

Thanks, worked like a charm ?
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