How to get the selected index of all the dropdowns in my page

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Hi,
All iam doing an tooltip type validation in my webpage in which i need to get all Dropdowns selected index ,if dropdown selected index is -1 then i should open an tooltip ,the logic for tool tip is working fine,but how to get the selected item index of all my drop downs, i tried something like this didnt workedout.
Pls help me out.atleast in the alert if i get all the dropdowns selected index it will be fine.

JavaScript

var parentsa = $('#aspnetForm');
                          $("input,select", parentsa).mouseover(function () {
                              var selected = $("input,select", parentsa).options[$("input,select", parentsa).selectedIndex].value;
                             
                              $("input,select", parentsa).tooltip("open");
                              alert(selected);

                          });

Posted 28-Aug-13 21:42pm

ashok_89

Updated 28-Aug-13 23:15pm

Nelek

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Jameel VM · Answer 1 · 2013-08-28T22:08:00

Solution 1

Try this

JavaScript

$("select[name='yourDropDownName'] option:selected").index()

Hope this helps

Posted 28-Aug-13 22:08pm

Jameel VM

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ashok_89 29-Aug-13 4:13am

Hi,
I have to select all the dropdowns in my page

sumit_810 29-Aug-13 4:19am

$("select option:selected").each(function(index){
alert($(this).val());
});

sumit_810 · Answer 2 · 2013-08-28T22:28:00

Solution 2

SQL

$("select option:selected").each(function(index){
alert($(this).val());
});

Posted 28-Aug-13 22:28pm

sumit_810