how to get selected item or value of html-combo box through javascript?

nirmalsingh

i have a combo box with id="combo1", i want to get the selected item or value through javascript. help me plz...

johnhjohn

I don't know what you want to get the value with but here is an example with a button:

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 <html>

<head>

<script language="javascript">

function combofunction(the_value){
 
// actions that you want to perform
 
}

</script>

</head>

<body>

<select name="htmlcombo">

    <option name="box1" value="Value1">Display Text1</option>

    <option name="box2" value="Value2">Display Text2</option>

    <option name="box3" value="Value3">Display Text3</option>

</select>

<input type="button" name="combovalue" value="Get Combo Value" onclick="combofunction(htmlcombo.value)">

</body>

</html>

acoder

i have a combo box with id="combo1", i want to get the selected item or value through javascript. help me plz...

Use the following code:

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 var combo1 = document.getElementById("combo1");

var val = combo1.options[combo1.selectedIndex].text

If you have the form name, use that instead of getElementById.

ronverdonk

i have a combo box with id="combo1", i want to get the selected item or value through javascript. help me plz...

Easiest way is the following where your JS routine is triggered when you select an item from the drop down box. No need for a submit button.

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 function getCombo1(sel) {

  var value = sel.options[sel.selectedIndex].value;  

}

<select id="combo1" onchange="getCombo1(this)">

<option value="">Select combo</option>

<option value="Value1">Text1</option>

<option value="Value2">Text2</option>

<option value="Value3">Text3</option>

</select>

Ronald :cool:

mukeshrasm

@acoder
I have modified this code like this

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<input type="button" onclick="change(selectname.options[selectname.selectedIndex].value)"

and passing to the click event of button. code works fine in IE but this does not work in Firefox Mozilla.

acoder

That's because selectname will be undefined. IE is wrong here. You need to either define selectname, or write it out in full twice.

acoder

@acoder
I did type this on January the 1st, 2007, but now I'd say that you should use document.getElementById(), though using the form name via document.forms[] is also valid. I'd also add that you can use the following code (as long as you have set the values of each of the options):

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var combo1 = document.getElementById("combo1").value;

mukeshrasm

@acoder
thanks for kind effort to solve the problem!

button:

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 <input name="btnGo" value=" Search " class="seinput" type="submit" onclick="javascript:submitSearch();">
 

select option:

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 <select name="category" class="catpinput">

                    <option value="-1" selected="selected">All Category</option>

JS Function:

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 function submitSearch()

{

var catkey = $('.catpinput').val();

window.alert(catkey);

}

acoder

That's not JavaScript (OK, technically, it is, but it requires jQuery which you should mention).

There's also no need to use the "javascript:" protocol in an onclick.

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