Form Selected option (input:selected)

In this chapter you will learn:

  1. Description and Syntax for Form Selected option selector
  2. Form Selected option selector

Description and Syntax

$(":selected")

selects all form elements (effectively, <option> elements) that are currently selected.

Examples

The following outputs the selected values.

<html><!-- j a  v a 2s.c o  m-->
  <head>
    <script src="http://java2s.com/style/jquery-1.8.0.min.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript">
        $(document).ready(function(){
                $("select").change(function () {
                  var str = "";
                  $("select option:selected").each(function () {
                        str += $(this).text() + " ";
                  });
                  $("div").text(str);
                })
                .trigger('change');
        });
    </script>
  </head>
  <body>
    <body>
    <select name="garden" multiple="multiple">
        <option>A</option>
    
        <option selected="selected">B</option>
        <option>C</option>
        <option selected="selected">D</option>
        <option>E</option>
        <option>F</option>
    </select>
    
    <div></div>
    </body>
</html>

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