Getting the text from a drop-down box
Getting the text from a drop-down box This gets the value of whatever is selected in my dropdown menu. document.getElementById('newSkill').value I cannot however find out what property to go after for the text that's currently displayed by the drop down menu. I tried "text" but that didn't have the answer, does anybody here know? For those not sure, here's the HTML for a drop down box. <select name="newSkill" id="newSkill"> <option value="1">A skill</option> <option value="2">Another skill</option> <option value="3">Yet another skill</option> </select> 14 Answers Based on your example HTML code, here's one way to get the displayed text of the currently selected option: var skillsSelect = document.getElementById("newSkill"); var selectedText = skillsSelect.options[skillsSelect.selectedIndex].text; For those late to the party,...