Answers for "get select option text jquery"

get text of selected option jquery

$('#id').children(':selected').text();

jquery selected option text

$("#mySelect option:selected").html();

get selected option text jquery

$("#id option:selected").text();

alert dropdown selected text

$(".qualificationStatus option:selected").text()

get selected option text jquery

I think this should be $("#yourdropdownid").children("option").filter(":selected").text() since is() returns a boolean of whether the object matches the selector or not.