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Get selected text from a drop-down list (select box) using jQuery

How can I get the selected text (not the selected value) from a drop-down list in jQuery?
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jQuery Get Selected Option From Dropdown

Usually I use $("#id").val() to return the value of the selected option, but this time it doesn't work. The selected tag has the id aioConceptName html code <label for="name">...
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Avoid dropdown menu close on click inside

I have a Twitter Bootstrap dropdown menu. As all Twitter Bootstrap users know, the dropdown menu closes on click (even clicking inside it). To avoid this, I can easily attach a click event handler on ...
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How can I set the value of a DropDownList using jQuery?

As the question says, how do I set the value of a DropDownList control using jQuery?
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How do I add options to a DropDownList using jQuery?

As the question says, how do I add a new option to a DropDownList using jQuery? Thanks
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How to use jQuery to select a dropdown option?

I was wondering if it’s possible to get jQuery to select an <option>, say the 4th item, in a dropdown box? <select> <option></option> <option></option> ...
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How do I check how many options there are in a dropdown menu?

How do I check, using jQuery, how many options are there in a drop down menu? Thanks.
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set dropdown value by text using jquery [duplicate]

I have a dropdown as: <select id="HowYouKnow" > <option value="1">FRIEND</option> <option value="2">GOOGLE</option> <option value="3">AGENT</option><...
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Enable/Disable a dropdownbox in jquery

I am new to jQuery and I want to enable and disable a dropdown list using a checkbox. This is my html: <select id="dropdown" style="width:200px"> <option value="feedback" name="aft_qst"&...
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Can I open a dropdownlist using jQuery

For this dropdownlist in HTML: <select id="countries"> <option value="1">Country</option> </select> I would like to open the list (the same as left-clicking on it). Is this ...
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jQuery to remove an option from drop down list, given option's text/value

I have a drop down list and would like to remove an option from it, given the text/value of that particular option. Is it possible using jQuery? Just like 'append' which adds an option to the drop ...
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jQuery add blank option to top of list and make selected to existing dropdown

So I have a dropdown list <select id="theSelectId"> <option value="volvo">Volvo</option> <option value="saab">Saab</option> <option value="mercedes">Mercedes&...
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jQuery drop down menu closing by clicking outside

I am developing a simple dropdown menu with jQuery . When a user press on a trigger area, it will toggle the dropdown area. My question is how to have a click event outside of the dropdown menu so ...
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Get text of the selected option with jQuery [duplicate]

I have a select box with some values. How do I get the selected options text, not the value? <select name="options[2]" id="select_2"> <option value="">-- Please Select --</option&...
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How do I use jQuery to select all children except a select element

I have a div (let's say the id is "container") with many elements in it, including a select element. I'd like to select all everything in the div except the select. Things I've tried: $("#container *...
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