:selected Selector

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:selected Selector

Categories: Selectors > Form | Selectors > jQuery Extensions

selected selector

Description: Selects all elements that are selected.

  • version added: 1.0jQuery( ":selected" )

The :selected selector works for <option> elements. It does not work for checkboxes or radio inputs; use :checked for them.

Additional Notes:

  • Because :selected is a jQuery extension and not part of the CSS specification, queries using :selected cannot take advantage of the performance boost provided by the native DOM querySelectorAll() method. To achieve the best performance when using :selected to select elements, first select the elements using a pure CSS selector, then use .filter(":selected").

Example:

Attaches a change event to the select that gets the text for each selected option and writes them in the div. It then triggers the event for the initial text draw.

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                                        <!DOCTYPE html>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        <html>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        <head>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                        <style>
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                        div { color:red; }
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                        </style>
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                        <script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.js"></script>
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        </head>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        <body>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                        <select name="garden" multiple="multiple">
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                       
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                          <option>Flowers</option>
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                          <option selected="selected">Shrubs</option>
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                          <option>Trees</option>
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                          <option selected="selected">Bushes</option>
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                       
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                          <option>Grass</option>
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                          <option>Dirt</option>
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                        </select>
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                        <div></div>
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        <script>
                                        
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      $("select").change(function () {
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                        var str = "";
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                        $("select option:selected").each(function () {
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                              str += $(this).text() + " ";
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                            });
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                        $("div").text(str);
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      })
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      .trigger('change');
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        </script>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                       
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        </body>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        </html>
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