Answers for "select current value html"

html get selected option javascript

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

<script>
    var e = document.getElementById("ddlViewBy");
	var strUser = e.value; // 2
	var strUser = e.options[e.selectedIndex].text; //test2
</script>

selected dropdown value

Plain JavaScript:
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var e = document.getElementById("elementId");
var value = e.options[e.selectedIndex].value;
var text = e.options[e.selectedIndex].text;
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jQuery:
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$("#elementId :selected").text(); // The text content of the selected option
$("#elementId :selected").val(); // The value of the selected option