Get select jquery value

Question

<select id="my-select">
<option value="1">This is one</option>
<option value="2" selected>This is two</option>
...
</select>

Is there a way to get the text value of the selected parameter?

$('#my-select').val();

gives me 2, I want to get this instead of two.

How?

Answer 1

Do you want to

• Get selector to search for the selected option in the selection field

• Use on selector. .text()

  $('#my-select option:selected').text();
  

See working demo