given that it's not multiple=multiple, then:
$('weightclass').getSelected()[0].get('text');
getSelected will return a collection of all selected options.
http://mootools.net/docs/core/Element/Element#Element:getSelected
On 4 June 2013 23:12, Jeff Dunlap <jeff_j_dun...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Dear users:
>
> I'm having some difficulty getting the selected item's display text (i.e.
> 'Third') for a dropdown:
>
> <select id="weightclass">
> <option value="1">First</option>
> <option value="2">Second</option>
> <option value="3">Third</option>
> </select>
>
> // using the 'value' property
> var mystring = $('weightclass').get('value'); // returns 3
>
> var mystring = $('weightclass').get('text'); // returns text for ALL
> of the items
>
> Thank you
>
>
>
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