jQuery :selected is returning an array????

[2levelsabove]

Hello,

 

I have a simple combobox :

 

  <select id="selwebsiteid">

      <option value="0">Select a profile</option>

<option value="1">Test 1</option>

<option value="0">Test 2</option>

    </select>

 

 

and when i do jQuery('#selwebsiteid :selected').text() to get the selected text and it comes back with

 

"Select a profile" appended at the begining of any option i select. Any ideas?

[Zane]

I'm not too clear on what you're asking, but you could try using the val() function instead of text().

 

........lected').text() to .......

 

........lected').val() to .......

 

[2levelsabove]

I am actually trying to get the text label instead of the value that was selected.

 

So in my example, i am trying to get the "test1" and "Test2"

[Zane]

Are you sure your not just prepending "Select a profile" onto the variable somewhere.  From the code you've shown us,.. I see nothing wrong with it.  Nothing near what you're explaining

[RichardRotterdam]

You're selecting the select element text instead of the option element. try this:

<script type="text/javascript">
jQuery (document).ready (function (){
    jQuery ('#selwebsiteid').change (function () {
        var selectedText = jQuery('#selwebsiteid option:selected').text();
        console.log(selectedText);
    });
});
</script>

[2levelsabove]

Thank you so much for the reply. That did not work also. I am also positive that my DOM gets corrupt somewhere. Not sure where. No matter what I do, I am getting the "Select a profile" prepended to the option I select.