How to Get Dropdown's Selected Item's text in Kendo UI?

Question

I am using Kendo UI Controls. I want to get the selected text of the dropdown list in jquery. I have used this syntax :

 $(\"#ddl\").data(\"kendoDropDownList\")         


        

Answer 1

Here's another way:

e.item[0].textContent

Full example:

$("#ancillaryTestDDL").kendoDropDownList({
    dataSource: that.viewModel.ancillaryTestDS,
    dataTextField: "DisplayValue",
    dataValueField: "Id",
    select: function (e) {
        console.log(e.item);
        console.log(e.item[0].textContent);
    }
});