Answers for "get select text jquery"

get text of selected option jquery

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

get text selected option jquery

$('#id option:selected').text()

jquery selected option text

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

jquery get dropdown list selected value

$('#dropDownId').val();

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.