jQuery: find the for a selected value in a <select> element

Question

I have a dropdown menu with different option groups. If someone selects an option, how can I check which optgroup it belongs to? For example if \'ferrari\' were selected, how wo

Answer 1

You can do this using jQuery:

$('select').change(function() {
    var selected = $(':selected', this);
    alert(selected.closest('optgroup').attr('label'));
});​

See a live example here: http://jsfiddle.net/jkeyes/zjLCp/1/

Update: Yes you could use parent http://jsfiddle.net/jkeyes/zjLCp/2/

selected.parent()