Getting an option text/value with JavaScript

Question

Answer: var option_user_selection = element.options[element.selectedIndex].text

I am trying to build a form that fills in a person\'s o

Answer 1

var option_user_selection = document.getElementById("maincourse").options[document.getElementById("maincourse").selectedIndex ].text

Answer 2

form.MySelect.options[form.MySelect.selectedIndex].value

Answer 3

You can use:

var option_user_selection = element.options[ element.selectedIndex ].text

Answer 4

In jquery you could try this $("#select_id>option:selected").text()