How to get selected value of dropdownlist using JavaScript.

Form have a select element that looks like this:

<select id="ddlViewBy">
<option value="1">test1</option>
<option value="2" selected="selected">test2</option>
<option value="3">test3</option>
</select>

Get Selected Value:

var e = document.getElementById("ddlViewBy");
var strUser = e.options[e.selectedIndex].value;

output:


strUser be 2.





Get Selected Item text:

var e = document.getElementById("ddlViewBy");
var strUser = e.options[e.selectedIndex].text;

output:


 strUser be test2