Get the value of a dropdown in jQuery

Question

I have a drop down that has an \'ID, Name\' Pair.

Example

Jon Miller
Jim Smith
Jen Morsin

Jon MIller has ID of 101
Jim Smith has ID of 10

Answer 1

$('#Crd').val() will give you the selected value of the drop down element. Use this to get the selected options text.

$('#Crd option:selected').text();