try this $("#Organisations").change(function(){ $("#organisation").attr('value', $(this).attr('value') );
}); Regards, Ritesh Alexandre Plennevaux-2 wrote: > > hello! > > i'm trying to have the selected option's value in a select element > populate an input field. > > i tried this: > > <script type="text/javascript"> > $(document).ready(function(){ > $('#allOrganisations').change(function() { > $("#organisation").attr("value", $("option",this).val()); > }); > }); > </script> > > it kind of work, but it always give the same value, no matter what the > user picks. Is there a way to know which option is selected ? > > i looked in the documentation, and :selection is not supported. > > any idea? > > thank you, > > Alex > > > Alexandre Plennevaux - LAb[au] asbl.vzw / MediaRuimte > Lakensestraat/Rue de Laeken 104 > B-1000 Brussel-Bruxelles-Brussels > Belgie-Belgique-Belgium > > Tel:+32(0)2.219.65.55 > Fax:+32(0)2.426.69.86 > Mobile:+32(0)476.23.21.42 > HYPERLINK "blocked::http://www.lab-au.com/"http://www.lab-au.com > HYPERLINK "blocked::http://www.mediaruimte.be/"http://www.mediaruimte.be > > HYPERLINK > "blocked::http://www.mediaruimte.be/"__________________________________________________________________________ > > The information in this e-mail is intended only for the addressee named > above. If you are not that addressee, please note that any disclosure, > distribution or copying of this e-mail is prohibited. > Because e-mail can be electronically altered, the integrity of this > communication cannot be guaranteed. > > __________________________________________________________________________ > > > > -- > Ce message Envoi est certifié sans virus connu. > Analyse effectuée par AVG. > Version: 7.5.441 / Base de données virus: 268.17.37/682 - Date: 12/02/2007 > 13:23 > > > _______________________________________________ > jQuery mailing list > discuss@jquery.com > http://jquery.com/discuss/ > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Get-the-selected-option-of-a-select-element-tf3220483.html#a8944227 Sent from the JQuery mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ jQuery mailing list discuss@jquery.com http://jquery.com/discuss/