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How to get the current input value which is entering on select 2 input field

When i'm first time entering multi select values i got the current entered text value based on below code in jquery
<select class="form-control select2" multiple="multiple" data-placeholder="Select areas" style="width: 100%;" id="edit_areas" name="area">
</select>
$(".select2-search__field").val()
$(document).on('keyup',".select2", function (e) {
var city = $("#add_city option:selected").text();
var location = $(".select2-search__field").val();});
which works fine.
But on edit when try to enter more values,current entering value is failed to get by using above code its showing empty
Note: Here i'm setting the dropdown dynamically based on user enters
Can anyone help me to resolve this issue.

You should use select2 specific methods to get and set the value, once you already converted to the select2.
When you are setting the value (e.g. for edit), use code like following :
$(".select2").select2("val", "Am,WY".split(","));
and to get the value, use code like following :
$(".select2").select2('val');
Hope it will resolve your issue (as not sure what is the HTML and code you are having, its just a guess :-))

Without seeing your HTML or complete jQuery it's hard to see exactly what you are trying to do. So I have made a stab in the dark.
$(document).ready(function() {
$('.mrselect').on('change', function() {
var values = $(this).find('option:selected');
var fancyPantsArray = [];
values.each(function() {
fancyPantsArray.push($(this).val());
});
console.log(fancyPantsArray);
});
});
<select class="mrselect" multiple="multiple" name="mrselect">
<option value="Mr Option 1">Mr Option 1</option>
<option value="Mr Option 2">Mr Option 2</option>
<option value="Mr Option 3">Mr Option 3</option>
<option value="Mr Option 4">Mr Option 4</option>
<option value="Mr Option 5">Mr Option 5</option>
</select>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.12.2/jquery.min.js"></script>

try this
var nome = $("#select_id").data('select').$dropdown.find("input").val();
or
$('input.select2-input').val();

get the text value in the dropdown with class

how to get the selected text of the option.
<select class="float-left groupNames" name="Group">
<option value="preview[object Object]0">test</option>
<option value="preview[object Object]1">test1</option>
<option value="preview[object Object]2">test2</option>
</select>
I tried $(".groupNames option:selected").text();
but its not the right value. so I am getting testtest2 if I am selecting the third option.

$(".groupNames").val() is all you need.
jsFiddle example
However if you have multiple .groupNames elements, you'll need to be more specific with the selector.
$(".groupNames option:selected").text(); as you probably saw, will get the selected option's text, not the select's value.

hi please add an id to easily access the select here is an tested fiddle http://jsfiddle.net/elviz/259m3qkb/1/
$("#newSkill").change(function(){
var kamote = document.getElementById("newSkill").options[document.getElementById('newSkill').selectedIndex].text;
alert(kamote);
});

Select latest selected value of a dropdown

Is there a way to select the latest user's selected value of a dropdown?
Eg:
<select id="data" name="data" class="data" multiple="multiple">
<option value="100">foo</option>
<option value="101">bar</option>
<option value="102">bat</option>
<option value="103">baz</option>
</select>
If I use something like the bellow example, what I get is the last index, but it's not what I want.
var latest_value = $("option:selected:last",this).val();
What I want is something like: if you select "bar", I get 101, if you select "foo" I get 101 instead of 100.
OBS: all my examples are considering that the user is selecting multiple values, not just one.

Use this simple js code:
var is_now_selected = document.getElementById('data').value;
// or with jQuery
var is_now_selected = $('#data').val()
Maybe you don't know that the option-value accually is the value of the select. If you click <option value="something"> which is inside a <select name="select_me">, then this select will have the value of the selected option - in this case - "select_me".

You can write this code. It may help you.
Please let me know if you have anymore problem.
$("#data").change(function () {
alert($("#data").val());
});

Dynamically change text in php

hey guys i am building a form in which i want when a user select an option from the dropdown menus a text to be displayed and calculate the price.
The dropdown menu is:
<select id="recipient" name="recipient" tabindex="6" class="selmenu">
<option value="staff">Site Staff</option>
<option value="editor">Editor-in-Chief</option>
<option value="technical">Tech Department</option>
<option value="pr">Public Relations</option>
<option value="support">General Support</option>
</select>
and the other dropdown menu is:
<select id="recipient" name="recipient" tabindex="6" class="selmenu">
<option value="one">1</option>
<option value="two">2</option>
<option value="three">3</option>
<option value="four">4</option>
<option value="five">5</option>
</select>
What i want to do is when the user selects something from the first and the second menu i want a textfield to change dynamically... can anyone point me the way?

only ajax/jquery could do that in combination of php step might be...
onchange of any dropdown make a ajax request to php script.
return the json response from php script
use this response to either manipulate your form or display data on page.

you don't need to use php for this, it can all be done with jquery/javscript
an example using jquery is below (i had to rename your second select as you had re-used an ID):
$('.selmenu').change(function() {
$('#output').text($('#recipient option:selected').text() + ' ' + $('#recipient2 option:selected').text());
})
output is the id of your textbox.
on a select value being changed, output will be filled with the selected value in both select controls

How initialize dropdown (<select/>) with preselected value and then change it?

I've got a grid with dropdown in every row and I need to render it's state from DB.
So I've got dropdowns defined like that with selected option specified for preselecting the value from DB.
<select id='selectId'>
<option value='1'>Option 1</option>
<option value='2' selected='selected'>Option 2</option>
<option value='3'>Option 3</option>
</select>​
The problem is in that when I change the value of a dropdown defined like that in a browser it changes on UI but selected attribute don't move and stays where it was.
So when I then call $("#selectId").val() I get the old one value.
What's the appropriate way to initialize dropdown control and then have an ability to freely change it's value in browser or by jQuery?

This seems to be working fine (Firefox on Ubuntu):
HTML
<select id='selectId'>
<option value='1'>Option 1</option>
<option value='2' selected='selected'>Option 2</option>
<option value='3'>Option 3</option>
</select>
JS
$('#selectId').change(function() {
var opt = $(this).find('option:selected');
console.log([opt.val(), opt.text()]);
});
var opt_sel = $('#selectId option:selected');
opt_sel.val(99);
opt_sel.text('Changed option');
If you select the options, you'll see that it will print the changed version. Working example:
http://jsfiddle.net/vm4Q8/
Hope this helps.

It should work fine. May be you are not setting it correctly.
You should pass the value of the option to val() method to select it.
E.g $('#selectId').val('1'); will set first option as selected and afterwards calling $('#selectId').val() will give you 1 and not 2.
Here is the working example http://jsfiddle.net/3eu85/

You can get the val of the option selected, instead of the select
$('select#selectId option:selected').val();
Docs: http://api.jquery.com/val/

Which browser are you trying this in? Your code looks fine to me, and appears to be working in this jsFiddle.

please use this code instead,
$('#selectId option:selected').val();