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using jQuery to get selected value from form

I have a form that has a select field defined like this
The myName[] is like that because there are several repetitions in the sign-up form (the user first defines how many he wants to enter, and then that many forms are generated)
Now I would like to get the selected value using jQuery whenever somethign is selected, but as expected, it won't work: it's trying to get the info from an id, and there's more than one of this id. The result is that it's always getting the content of the first select field with the id it finds. I tried changing the id to a class, but that didn't work.
So how can I get the selected value of the select box that's actually triggering the event?
$(document).ready(function() {
$('#idOfmyName').change(function() {
var naam = $(this).find("option:selected").attr('value');
alert(naam);
});
});
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<select name="myname[]" id="idOfmyName">
<option value="jack">Jack</option>
<option value="rose">Rose</option>
</select>

Why can't you just use $(this).val(), if you want the selected Element?
But yes, when you've got multiple of the same ID, jQuery will over ever select the first one it finds - Though you do seem to know this; I've changed it to a class in this demo
$(document).ready(function() {
$('.idOfmyName').on('change', function() {
alert($(this).val());
});
});
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<select name="myname[]" class="idOfmyName">
<option value="jack">Jack</option>
<option value="rose">Rose</option>
</select>
<select name="myname[]" class="idOfmyName">
<option value="harry">Harry</option>
<option value="sally">Sally</option>
</select>
<select name="myname[]" class="idOfmyName">
<option value="edward">Edward </option>
<option value="vivian">Vivian </option>
</select>

for multiple you can do something like this
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<select name="myname[]" class="idOfmyName">
<option value="jack">Jack</option>
<option value="rose">Rose</option>
</select>
<select name="myname[]" class="idOfmyName">
<option value="jack">Jack</option>
<option value="rose">Rose</option>
</select>
<script>
$(document).ready(function() {
var names = [];
$('.idOfmyName').change(function() {
var naam = $(this).find("option:selected").attr('value');
if($.inArray(naam,names)){
names.push(naam);
}
alert(names);
});
});
</script>

Vanilla JavaScript way to get selected value using onchange method
function getSelectedValue(val) {
alert(val);
}
<select name="myname[]" onchange="getSelectedValue(this.value)">
<option value="jack">Jack</option>
<option value="rose">Rose</option>
</select>
<select name="myname[]" onchange="getSelectedValue(this.value)">
<option value="harry">Harry</option>
<option value="sally">Sally</option>
</select>

What event can I bind on an option in a select multiple?

Assuming I have a multiple select list like:
<select name="persons" id="persons" multiple size="8">
<option id="captureMe">Test option</option>
<option value="" disabled="disabled">─────────</option>
<option value="FR">Franck</option>
<option value="GE">Georges</option>
<option value="DA">David</option>
<option value="LU">Luc</option>
<option value="DO">Donald</option>
<option value="FR">FRANCOIS</option>
</select>
What event can I bind on $("#captureMe") ?
I tried some scripts like
$("#captureMe").change(function() {alert("got it!");});
$("#captureMe").on("change", function() {alert("got it!");});
$("#persons").on("change", "#captureMe", function() {alert("got it!");});
But none of these works nor with the click event.
So my question is, what event can I bind to an option in a select multiple ?
I don't wont the event being fired from the select but from the option by itself
(The goal could be firing an ajax call when a specific option is changed)

You can use click event instead of change:
$("#captureMe").on('click', function(){
console.log("got it!");
});
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<select name="persons" id="persons" multiple size="8">
<option id="captureMe">Test option</option>
<option value="" disabled="disabled">─────────</option>
<option value="FR">Franck</option>
<option value="GE">Georges</option>
<option value="DA">David</option>
<option value="LU">Luc</option>
<option value="DO">Donald</option>
<option value="FR">FRANCOIS</option>
</select>

Please, take a look to the following code:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.1.0.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<select name="persons" id="persons" multiple size="8">
<option id="captureMe">Test option</option>
<option value="" disabled="disabled">─────────</option>
<option value="FR">Franck</option>
<option value="GE">Georges</option>
<option value="DA">David</option>
<option value="LU">Luc</option>
<option value="DO">Donald</option>
<option value="FR">FRANCOIS</option>
</select>
</body>
<script>
$("#persons").change(function() {
var values = $("#persons").val();
if($.inArray($("#captureMe").val(), values) > -1){
if(!$("#captureMe").prop("isSelected")){
$("#captureMe").prop("isSelected", true);
console.log("'caputreMe' is selected");
}
}else{
if($("#captureMe").prop("isSelected")){
$("#captureMe").prop("isSelected", false);
console.log("'caputreMe' is unselected");
}
}
});
</script>
</html>
I hope it helps you. Bye.

$(document).on("change", "#persons", function() {alert("got it!");});

You can for example use the :selected selector, see https://api.jquery.com/selected-selector/
$("select").change(function() {
$("#captured-by-id:selected").each(function() {
alert($(this).text());
});
});
Here's a Fiddle.

isn't it possible to make it work in following way?
var selectedValue = "";
$("#persons").change(function() {
var values = $(this).val();
if()// condition to check if #captureme option is present in "selectedValue" variable
{
// logic
}
else if() // condition to check if #captureme was not present in "selectedValue" before and is selected now
{
// logic
}
selectedValue = value;
});

Get the name of all selected items from select multiple="multiple" options dropdown

I am trying to get the name of all selected items from select multiple="multiple" options dropdown.
In my html page, I have the following code snippet:
<select id="ddlCategory" ng-model="myCategory.myCategoryName" multiple>
<option selected="selected" value="1">Washroom</option>
<option value="2">Restaurant</option>
</select>
In my JS file, I have the following code snippet:
var categoryNameArray = $('#ddlCategory').val();
console.log("category = " + categoryNameArray[0];
However, the variable categoryNameArray only gives me the array of the selected items, what I want is the name of the selected items. Can someone tell me a way how I can make this work? Thanks!

Since val isn't giving you what you want, I'm going to assume you want an array of the text of the selected items.
You can get that like this:
var selectedTextArray = $("#ddlCategory option:selected").map(function() {
return $(this).text();
}).get();
That finds all the selected items, then uses map to get the text of each of them (wrapped in a jQuery object), then uses get to turn that jQuery object into an array.
You can probably use return this.text; rather than return $(this).text();, since HTMLOptionElement has a text property (which most elements don't), but I'd be sure to test with my target browsers to be sure.
Example:
$("#btn").on("click", function() {
var selectedTextArray = $("#ddlCategory option:selected").map(function() {
return $(this).text();
}).get();
console.log(selectedTextArray);
});
Select some items, then click
<input type="button" id="btn" value="here">
<br>
<select id="ddlCategory" ng-model="myCategory.myCategoryName" multiple>
<option value="1">Washroom</option>
<option value="2">Restaurant</option>
<option value="3">Service Station</option>
<option value="4">Drive-Thru</option>
</select>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
Example with this.text instead of $(this).text():
$("#btn").on("click", function() {
var selectedTextArray = $("#ddlCategory option:selected").map(function() {
return this.text;
}).get();
console.log(selectedTextArray);
});
Select some items, then click
<input type="button" id="btn" value="here">
<br>
<select id="ddlCategory" ng-model="myCategory.myCategoryName" multiple>
<option value="1">Washroom</option>
<option value="2">Restaurant</option>
<option value="3">Service Station</option>
<option value="4">Drive-Thru</option>
</select>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>

val() returns the values on the selected options, in your case 1, 2 .... You should use text() to get the names of the selected options. You can loop through all selected options using each() method and get the selected values using text():
$('a').on('click', function(e) {
e.preventDefault();
$('#ddlCategory option:selected').each(function(i, selected) {
console.log($(selected).text());
});
});
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<select id="ddlCategory" ng-model="myCategory.myCategoryName" multiple>
<option selected="selected" value="1">Washroom</option>
<option value="2">Restaurant</option>
</select>
Send
You can read more on how val() works here.
You can read more on how text() works here.

Try this:
var categoryNameArray =
$('#ddlCategory option:selected').map(function(){
return this.text;
}).get();
console.log("category = " + categoryNameArray);
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<select id="ddlCategory" ng-model="myCategory.myCategoryName" multiple>
<option selected="selected" value="1">Washroom</option>
<option selected="selected" value="2">Restaurant</option>
<option value="3">Coffee Shop</option>
<option value="4">Hotels</option>
</select>

Easy way to get all selected value is $('#ddlCategory').val();

JQuery always returning first option when looking for selected item in select element

I have the following select:
<select class="my-select">
<option value="-1">All</option>
<option value="7">Red</option>
<option value="8">Green</option>
<option value="9">Blue</option>
</select>
I then have a function that runs to see what the selected option is in the select:
function getSelectedOption () {
var selection = $('.my-select').val();
console.log(selection);
}
This is where it gets weird, I can run that function when 'Red', 'Green' and 'Blue' is selected and it'll always return me the correct value. But when I select 'All', the correct value is returned (-1), but when I go back and select 'Red' or any other option after that, the returned value is always (-1). Suggesting that 'All' is selected. When it's not. I also inspected the DOM to see, and in the case where 'Red' was selected, the DOM looks like:
<select class="my-select">
<option value="-1">All</option>
<option value="7" selected="selected">Red</option>
<option value="8">Green</option>
<option value="9">Blue</option>
</select>
But $('.my-select').val() is returning me the wrong value.

Try this:
$('.my-select').find('option:selected').val()
and it should not be <option val="7"></option>, instead it should look like this:
<option value="7"></option>

Seems to work as it should, what browser are you using?
var $select = $('select');
$select.on('change', function (event) {
console.log($(event.target).val());
});
$select.trigger('change');
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<select class="my-select">
<option value="-1">All</option>
<option value="7">Red</option>
<option value="8" selected>Green</option>
<option value="9">Blue</option>
</select>

You have used wrong attribute in option is val, correct attribute is value for assign different value then text/label
function getSelectedOption () {
var selection = $('.my-select').val();
console.log(selection);
}
$(".my-select").change(getSelectedOption);
getSelectedOption();
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.0.0/jquery.min.js"></script>
<select class="my-select">
<option value="-1">All</option>
<option value="7" selected="selected" >Red</option>
<option value="8">Green</option>
<option value="9">Blue</option>
</select>

Drop down selection using HTML/jQuery

I want to build a drop down menu that the second selection will be displayed if the first selection data belongs to a specific category.
As you can see below, the first selection will be about COUNTRIES. If the country selected has states, then a second drop down selection will be displayed, containing the states of that country.
1)Is there a tag (in my code "xyz") that i can use it to separate the countries in "state" and "no-state" categories? If there is, how can i read the value of the "xyz" tag?
2) If i use the:
<option class="no-state" value="Germany">Germany</option>
and then use the jQuery to read it it will give me the value GermanySpain (which is correct but not what i want)
$('.no-state').val();
HTML PART
<div id="country">
<select>
<option xyz="no-state" value="Germany">Germany</option>
<option xyz="state" value="USA">USA</option>
<option xyz="no-state" value="Spain">Spain</option>
</select>
</div>
<div id="state" style="display:none" >
<select>
<option value="Utah">Utah</option>
<option value="New York">New York</option>
<option value="California">California</option>
</select>
</div>
JQUERY PART
$(document).ready(function(){
$('#country').change(function() {
if (the value of "xyz" tag is === 'no-state')
{
$('div#state').hide();
}
else
{
$('div#state').show();
}
});
});
What can i do to address this issue?
Thanks.

Added a variable to keep if a country has states or not according your custom attribute xyz
js
$(document).ready(function(){
$('#country').change(function() {
var hasStates = $(this).find("option:selected").attr("xyz");
if (hasStates == 'no-state')
{
$('div#state').hide();
}
else
{
$('div#state').show();
}
});
});
fiddle

I think you can make use of .data() jQuery method, which reads the data-* a valid html5 attribute, but you have to change your markup to fix and use this script:
$('#country select').change(function() {
if ($(this).find('option:selected').data('xyz') === 'no-state') {
$('div#state').hide();
} else {
$('div#state').show();
}
});
You have to add a data-* prefix to get to it and make it a valid html5 attribute.
<select>
<option data-xyz="no-state" value="Germany">Germany</option>
<option data-xyz="state" value="USA">USA</option>
<option data-xyz="no-state" value="Spain">Spain</option>
</select>

Using the class attribute isn't that bad:
HTML
<select>
<option class="no-state" value="Germany">Germany</option>
<option class="state" value="USA">USA</option>
<option class="no-state" value="Spain">Spain</option>
</select>
JavaScript
$(document).ready(function(){
$('#country').change(function() {
var $sel = $(this).find("option:selected");
if ($sel.hasClass("no-state"))
{
$('div#state').hide();
}
else
{
$('div#state').show();
}
});
});
Fiddle

First of all I would change your html structure to:
<select id="country">
<option xyz="no-state" value="Germany">Germany</option>
<option xyz="state" value="USA">USA</option>
<option xyz="no-state" value="Spain">Spain</option>
</select>
<select id="state" style="display: none;">
<option value="Utah">Utah</option>
<option value="New York">New York</option>
<option value="California">California</option>
</select>
Then you can simply do:
$("#country").change(function() {
var hasState = $(this).find(':selected').attr('xyz') === "state";
$("#state").toggle(hasState);
});
Here is a fiddle to see it in action.