Friday, June 29, 2012

Asp.net jQuery DropDown get Selected Index


In this post, we will see on how to get the Selected Index of an Asp.net DropDownList control.

To get the Selected Index of an Asp.net DropDownList control, use the following code.

$('#yourDropdown').prop("selectedIndex")

Here is a full example
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
    <title>DropDownList</title>
    <script type="text/javascript"
src="JavaScript/jquery-1.7.2.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript"
language="javascript">
    $(document).ready(function() {
        $('#cmdGetSelection').click(function(event)
        {
            event.preventDefault();
            alert('Selected Index : ' + $('#drpCountry').prop("selectedIndex"));
        });
    });
    </script>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="fromDropDownList" runat="server">
    <div>
        Country:
        <asp:DropDownList ID="drpCountry" runat="server">
            <asp:ListItem Value="USA">United States</asp:ListItem>
            <asp:ListItem Value="UK">United Kingdom</asp:ListItem>
        </asp:DropDownList><br /><br />
       
        <asp:Button ID="cmdGetSelection"
runat="server"
Text="GetSelection" />
    </div>
    </form>
</body>
</html>

Run the application and click the GetSelection button the output will be
Selected Index: 0






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