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I have a dropdown like so:

<select id="dropdownList"> <option val="1">Item One</option> <option val="2">Item Two</option> <option val="3">Item Three</option> </select>

When I use $('#dropdownList').val(), the value returned is "Item One/Two/Three" rather than the actual option value (1/2/3), which is what I need. I'm not sure if I should be using something other than .val()? I apologize if this has been answered somewhere, but my Google-fu is failing me on this one.

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Change your html to the valid value= instead of val=

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+1 Thanks for this. I was banging my head against the wall, and this made me relize I had typo'd vlaue instead of value.
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Try this instead:

<select id="dropdownList"> <option value="1">Item One</option> <option value="2">Item Two</option> <option value="3">Item Three</option> <!-- this works --> <option val="3">Item Three</option> <!-- this is what you HAD before --> </select>

Or if that's not an option, then get the selected index and look for the $(this).attr('val')

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Yes, that was the problem. Thanks!
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try this :

$('#dropdownList option:selected').attr('val')

note : didnt tested

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You should test in the future, it works wonders, but +1 for the use of attr('val') cos it would work too ;)

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