How to get $(this) selected option in jQuery?

Question

The following code works:

$(\"#select-id\").change(function(){
  var cur_value = $(\'#select-id option:selected\').text();
  . . .
});

How

Answer 1

var cur_value = $('option:selected',this).text();

Answer 2

Best guess:

var cur_value = $('#select-id').children('option:selected').text();

I like children better in this case because you know you're only going one branch down the DOM tree...

Answer 3

It's just

$(this).val();

I think jQuery is clever enough to know what you need

Answer 4

For the selected value: $(this).val()

If you need the selected option element, $("option:selected", this)

Answer 5

Best and shortest way in my opinion for onchange events on the dropdown to get the selected option:

$('option:selected',this);

to get the value attribute:

$('option:selected',this).attr('value');

to get the shown part between the tags:

$('option:selected',this).text();

In your sample:

$("#select-id").change(function(){
  var cur_value = $('option:selected',this).text();
});

Answer 6

 $(this).find('option:selected').text();