Question

How to get the selected label from a html select tag in Javascript

Answer 1

function validateNewPostForm()
{
   var el = document.getElementById('select-subject');
   alert(el.options[el.selectedIndex].label); // aaa
}

<form id="form-new-post" ... onsubmit="return validateNewPostForm();">
<select id="select-subject" ...>
<option value="a" selected>aaa</option>
<option value="b">bbb</option>
</select>
<input type="submit" id="post" value="Post" />
</form>

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