I've tried this, and it works just fine with jQuery 1.1.1
$(document).ready(function(){
console.log($('#mySelect :selected').text());
$('#mySelect').change(function(){
console.log($(this).find(':selected').text());
});
});
<select id="mySelect">
<option value="1">one</option>
<option value="2" selected="selected">two</option>
<option value="3">three</option>
</select>
Regards Alexis,
On 2/16/07, Alexis Bellido <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Mungbeans wrote:
>
> Ah. This is getting closer. Rather bizarrely, it returns the text for
> both the original selection AND the new selection,
>
> Eg "--B:Option 1"
>
> But at least I can just chop off the first two characters - near enough
is
> good enough.
>
Chopping off the first characters doesn't work all times. For example, if
we have:
<select id="mySelect">
<option value="1">one</option>
<option value="2" selected="selected">two</option>
<option value="3">three</option>
</select>
and you try:
var selection = $('#mySelect option:selected').text();
you'll get:
onetwo if you select option 1
two if you select option 2
twothree if you select option 3
I'll try using each() and comparing val() as Sean suggested.
Any other ideas?
Alexis Bellido
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