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Created December 4, 2012 22:06
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jQuery fiddling: Grabbing the option that was selected in a <select>
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gistfile1.html
<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
<title>test</title>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.8.3/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(
function() {
$("#clicky").click(function(evt) {
evt.preventDefault();
var value = $("#sel").find(":selected").text();
$("#result").text(value); });
});
</script>
</head>
<select id="sel">
<option>One</option>
<option>Two</option>
<option>Three</option>
</select>
<input type="button" id="clicky" value="Clicky!">
<div id="result"></div>
</html>
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