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Google Tag Manager: Tracking of values of a formular field

i want to track the chosen destination within a formular with the GTM.
For this I made a variable with custom js:
function() {
var inputField = document.getElementById("country");
return inputField.value || "";
}
When I test it in preview mode i get back the correct chosen answer, but not the wanted value:
For example: I chose USA within the formular:
<option value="2">USA</option>
I get back "2" and not "USA".
But I want to the value "USA" in my dataLayer
What am I doing wrong?
Thanks in advance! :)

What am I doing wrong?
You are asking for the value, which is 2.
To get the text of the selected option, you'll need to find the option element that is selected and then get its text.
var select = document.getElementById("country");
var option = select.options[select.selectedIndex];
var text = option.text;
console.log(text);
<select id=country>
<option value=1> One
<option value=2 selected> Two
<option value=3> Three
</select>

Multiple dependent select boxes not working

I'm looking to make a series of select boxes in html which show different options depending on what has already been selected. I can get the first two to work but can't work out why it's not injecting into the last box here, the #FCadultseats select box.
I basically want the FCadultseats box to be available only when the movie is in the big cinema (at 9pm).
Thanks a lot for any and all help. I've been trying for ages and dont know why this wont work.
Here's my code:
<form id = "booking" method = "POST" action = "testserver">
Day:
<select id = "dayselector" name = "day">
<option disabled selected> -- Select a Day -- </option>
<option value= "Monday">Monday </option>
<option value = "Tuesday">Tuesday</option>
<option value = "Wednesday">Wednesday</option>
<option value = "Thursday">Thursday</option>
<option value = "Friday">Friday</option>
<option value = "Saturday">Saturday</option>
<option value = "Sunday">Sunday</option>
</select>
<br>
Time and Cinema:
<select id ="timeselector" name ="time">
<option disabled selected> -- Select a Time -- </option>
</select>
First Class Adults: <select id ="FCadultseats">
<option disabled selected> -- Not Available -- </option>
</select>
</form>
$(document).ready(function(){
$("#dayselector").change(function(){
var sel_day = $('option:selected').val();
if (sel_day == "Saturday" || sel_day == "Sunday"){
$("select#timeselector").html('<option disabled selected> -- Select a Time -- </option><option value ="9">9pm - Large Cinema</option><option value ="4">4pm - Small Cinema</option>');
} else {
$("select#timeselector").html('<option disabled selected> -- Select a Time -- </option><option value ="9">9pm - Large Cinema</option>');
}
});
$("#timeselector").change(function(){
var sel_time = $('option:selected').val();
if (sel_time == 9){
$("#FCadultseats").html('<option value ="0">0</option><option value ="1"></option><option value ="2">2</option><option value ="3">3</option><option value ="4">4</option><option value ="5">5</option><option value ="6">6</option><option value ="7">7</option><option value ="8">8</option><option value ="9">9</option><option value ="10">10</option><option value ="11">11</option><option value ="12">12</option>');
}
});
});

Try changing
var sel_day = $('option:selected').val();
to
var sel_day = this.value;
and do that in both places.
$('option:selected') selects ALL the selected options on the page, for every select.

Select Drop down Form Validation (Display text)

I am trying to validate a form.
What I am trying to do is validate the form by validating the Option display text not the option value, since the option values are int
Example:
<option value="selectcard">Please select</option>
If user clicks submit the form should validate if the option display says Please Select
regardless of what the option value is.
Code which is not working
function fun(){
$('#cardtype').change(function () {
var sel = $('option:selected', this).text();
if (sel == "Please select") {
$('.showotherpDescription').show();
} else {
}
});
}
Not working: http://jsfiddle.net/f5hxpo7g/2/
Also including the regular working example for validating the form based on option value
Validates Based on option value http://jsfiddle.net/f5hxpo7g/1/
Please let me know what i am doing wrong.
Thanks in advance.

Your function should be like this:
function fun()
{
var ddl = document.getElementById("cardtype");
var valor = ddl.options[ddl.selectedIndex].text;
if (valor == "--- Please select ---")
{
alert("Please select a card type");
}
}
Working fiddle:http://jsfiddle.net/robertrozas/XFtBD/169/

I fixed it, you should use this JS:
$(function () {
$('#subbutton').click(function () {
if ($('#cardtype option:selected').text() === "Please select")
{
alert("PLEASE SELECT");
}
});
});
And remove onclick="..." from the button, you don't need it. Also add id="subbutton.
Here's the working JSFiddle.

I checked out the jsfiddle you referenced and modified it slightly to make it work, you can see it here.
The issue with the code you provided is, IMO:
An issue with the purpose of your function (validation) and the event you're subscribing the code to (the combo selection changed event)
The way you're obtaining the text from the currently selected option, you should create the selector based on the element that contains the options, otherwise, if you have more than 1 combo in your page, you will get lots of values (one for each selected option).
Check out the code in the jsfiddle i provided and let me know if you need more information.
For reference, here is the code i used:
HTML:
<label class="paylabel" for="cardtype">Card Type:</label>
<select id="cardtype" name="cards">
<option value="selectcard">--- Please select ---</option>
<option value="mastercard">Mastercard</option>
<option value="maestro">Maestro</option>
<option value="solo">Solo (UK only)</option>
<option value="visaelectron">Visa Electron</option>
<option value="visadebit">Visa Debit</option>
</select>
<input type="button" onclick="fun()" value="click here">
JS:
function fun(){
var cmb = document.getElementById('cardtype');
var sel = cmb.options[cmb.selectedIndex].text;
if (sel == "--- Please select ---") {
alert('Please select a different option');
//$('.showotherpDescription').show();
} else {
}
}
}

Change value of form input based on check box click

I have a form with validation, but im looking for a way to allow a check box to force a value for a form field so the validation will not see it as blank once the check box is clicked.
I currently have:
if (document.drop_list.Make.value == "")
{
message = message + "Make is missing\n";
valid = false;
}
I also have a check box, with this function:
// add event handler to checkbox
element.addEventListener('change', function() {
// inside here, this refers to the checkbox that just got changed
textbox = document.getElementById('textbox_1');
textbox.disabled = this.checked;
Can I add something to that function to force a value for:
<SELECT class="enteredMake" onchange=SelectModel(); name=Make id="textbox_2">
<OPTION selected value="">Vehicle Make</OPTION>
</SELECT>
This way, it wont be blank, it would be, say "Checked"
allowing the validation to pass?

So are you looking for something that will set the value of a select box once a checkbox has been ticked? For example:
selectbox = document.getElementById('myselectbox');
checkbox = document.getElementById('mycheckbox');
checkbox.addEventListener('change', function() {
selectbox.value = "1"
});
HTML:
<input type="checkbox" id="mycheckbox" />
<select id="myselectbox">
<option value="-1">Please select...</option>
<option value="1">1</option>
</select>
JSFiddle

Check if dropdown's selected option is not the first with JavaScript

Below are the options that I have in my HTML code:
<label id="subn">
<select name="subs" id="subs">
<option value="nothing">Choose a Subject</option>
<option value="General Question">General Question</option>
<option value="MemberShip Area">MemberShip Area</option>
<option value="Others">Others</option>
</select>
</label>
I want to create JavaScript code that will check whether the user selected an option other than the first one.
Here is what I tried:
if (document.getElementsByTagName('option') == "nothing"){
document.getElementById("subn").innerHTML = "Subject is Required!";
document.getElementById("subs").focus();
return false;
}

You can check like this if nothing is the first option (usually the case in my experience):
if (document.getElementById('subs').selectedIndex == 0){
To still compare based on the value, do this:
var sel = document.getElementById('subs');
if (sel.options[sel.selectedIndex].value == 'nothing') {
You may want to change your markup so the label is beside, like this:
<select name="subs" id="subs"></select><label id="subn" for="subs"></label>
Otherwise this part: .innerHTML = "Subject is Required!"; will erase your <select> :)

This should do it:
var index = document.your_form_name.subs.selectedIndex;
var value = document.your_form_name.subs.options[index].value;
if (value === "nothing"){
// your further code here.........
}

document.getElementsByTagName('option') gives a collection of all option elements in the document and "nothing" is a string. Comparing a collection to a string is quite useless.
Also setting document.getElementById("subn").innerHTML = "Subject is Required!"; will delete the select element, so document.getElementById("subs") wouldn't find anything any more.
If you just need to know if anything is selected check the selectedIndex property of the select element:
if (document.getElementById("subs").selectedIndex <= 0) {
// nothing is selected
}
EDIT: Changed > 0 to <= 0. I would assume that it should be checked if the user didn't select anything, too.