javascript select option based on text

Wandering Warbler answered on June 22, 2020 Popularity 5/10 Helpfulness 3/10

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var textToFind = 'Google';

var dd = document.getElementById('MyDropDown');
for (var i = 0; i < dd.options.length; i++) {
    if (dd.options[i].text === textToFind) {
        dd.selectedIndex = i;
        break;
    }
}

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Contributed on Jun 22 2020

Wandering Warbler

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<select id="box1" onChange="myNewFunction(this);">
  <option value="98">dog</option>
  <option value="7122">cat</option>
  <option value="142">bird</option>
</select>
<script>
  function myNewFunction(sel) {
  alert(sel.options[sel.selectedIndex].text);
}
</script>

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// highlight text in an input element
element.select();

// highlight a portion of an element
// element.setSelectionRange(start, end, ?direction)
// start, end - start and end indices of the new selection
// direction (optional) - "forward", "backward", or "none" (default)
element.setSelectionRange(3, 5);

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