Get current text Asked Mar 14 '11 at 13:44 Active Mar 14 '11 at 14:18 Viewed 1,596 times 1 Possible Duplicate: Get Text Select That Runat=“Server” 1: HTML <div id="dialog"> <select id="Select1"> <option>1</option> <option>2</option> <option>3</option> </select> </div> Script $("#dialog").dialog({ "ok": function () { alert($("#Select1").val()); }); this code Is Correct And Return Current Value. BUT BUT BUT BUT 2: HTML <div id="dialog"> <select runat="server" id="Select1"> <option></option> </select> </div > Script function parseXmlQuestion(xml) { $(xml).find("Question").each(function() { var value=$(this).find('Text').text(); $('#<%=Select1.ClientID %>'). append($("<option></option>"). attr("value",value). text(value)); }); alert($('#<%=Select1.ClientID %>').val()); }//Fill `Select1` //add correct information to `Select1` $("#dialog").dialog({ "ok": function () { `ALERT()` }); Fire 'Ok' Function: alert( $('#<%=Select1.ClientID %>').val()); alert( $('#<%=Select1.ClientID %> option:selected').val()); or alert( $('#<%=Select1.ClientID %>').text()); alert( $('#<%=Select1.ClientID %> option:selected').val()); or alert( $('#<%=Select1.ClientID %>').html()); alert( $('#<%=Select1.ClientID %> option:selected').val()); return null or undefined . I like Get Current Text selected. I think Problem in runat="server" in <select> javascript jquery-ui jquery jquery-selectors edited May 23 '17 at 11:55 Community 1 1 asked Mar 14 '11 at 13:44 ashkufaraz 5,179 6 51 82 4 possible duplicate of [Get Text Select That Runat="Server"](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5298203/get-text-select-that-runat-server) and [get current text ``](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5297778/get-current-text-select) | reposting your question does not give you better answers. Edit your question instead, provide more useful information, comment on answers and reply to comments. – Felix Kling Mar 14 '11 at 13:49

Answer 1

You can try to avoid having ASP.NET changing your control's ID, by setting the ClientIDMode to Static.