JQuery - Multiple Select Options

Answer 1

On a multiple select element, the val command of the select element will return an array of the selected options values. If no values are present, the text of the element is used:

var output = $("#ps-type").val().join(', ');

update: However, when there are no selected options val() returns null not an empty array. One way to get around this:

var output = ($("#ps-type").val() || []).join(', '); 

You can play around with it in this demo I put together.

From the docs:

In the case of