HTML select shows value instead of text

Question

Is it possible in a html select, to display the value of the option instead of the text?

It\'s gonna be used for displaying a long disription in the dro

Answer 1

I think This may help you

 This is a long long text, that explains option 1
 This is a long long text, that explains option 2

Try this jquery

$("#cboSelect").change(function(){    
   $("#cboSelect option:selected").text($("#cboSelect").val());
});

this will change the text of the selected option with its corresponding value

Here is the fiddle Fiddle