Get selected item value from Bootstrap DropDown with specific ID

Question

I am \"creating\" my own \"ComboBox\" using Bootstrap 3 and JavaScript. Here is the JSFiddle for what I have so far:

Answer 1

You might want to modify your jQuery code a bit to '#demolist li a' so it specifically selects the text that is in the link rather than the text that is in the li element. That would allow you to have a sub-menu without causing issues. Also since your are specifically selecting the a tag you can access it with $(this).text();.

$('#datebox li a').on('click', function(){
    //$('#datebox').val($(this).text());
    alert($(this).text());
});

Answer 2

$('#demolist li').on('click', function(){
    $('#datebox').val($(this).text());
});

http://jsfiddle.net/kcpma/18/

Answer 3

Did you just try

$('#datebox li a').on('click', function(){
    //$('#datebox').val($(this).text());
    alert($(this).text());
});

It works for me :)

Answer 4

Design code using Bootstrap

<div class="dropdown-menu" id="demolist">
  <a class="dropdown-item" h ref="#">Cricket</a>
  <a class="dropdown-item" href="#">UFC</a>
  <a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Football</a>
  <a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Basketball</a>
</div>

• jquery Code

<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script>
  $(document).ready(function () {
    $('#demolist a').on('click', function () {
      var txt= ($(this).text());
      alert("Your Favourite Sports is "+txt);
    });
  });
</script>

Answer 5

The selector would be #demolist.dropdown-menu li a note no space between id and class. However i would suggest a more generic approach:

<div class="input-group">                                            
    <input type="TextBox" Class="form-control datebox"></input>
    <div class="input-group-btn">
    <button type="button" class="btn dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown">
        <span class="caret"></span>
    </button>
    <ul class="dropdown-menu">
        <li><a href="#">A</a></li>
        <li><a href="#">B</a></li>
        <li><a href="#">C</a></li>
    </ul>
</div>


$(document).on('click', '.dropdown-menu li a', function() {
    $(this).parent().parent().parent().find('.datebox').val($(this).html());
}); 

by using a class rather than id, and using parent().find(), you can have as many of these on a page as you like, with no duplicated js

Answer 6

Try this code

<input type="TextBox" ID="yearBox" border="0" disabled>

$('#yearSelected li').on('click', function(){
                $('#yearBox').val($(this).text());
            });



<a href="#" class="dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown"> <i class="fas fa-calendar-alt"></i> <span>Academic Years</span> <i class="fas fa-chevron-down"></i> </a>
          <ul class="dropdown-menu">
            <li>
              <ul class="menu" id="yearSelected">
                <li><a href="#">2014-2015</a></li>
                <li><a href="#">2015-2016</a></li>
                <li><a href="#">2016-2017</a></li>
                <li><a href="#">2017-2018</a></li>

              </ul>
            </li>
          </ul>

its work for me