Get selected value in dropdown list using JavaScript?

If you have a select element that looks like this:

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

Running this code:

var e = document.getElementById("ddlViewBy");
var strUser = e.options[e.selectedIndex].value;


Would make strUser be 2. If what you actually want is test2, then do this:




var e = document.getElementById("ddlViewBy");
var strUser = e.options[e.selectedIndex].text;