Alert the label value of the selected option in a drop-down list:
Click the button to return the label value of the selected car.
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> Select your favorite: <br> <select id="mySelect" size="4"> <option label="javascript">Javascript</option> <option label="html">HTML</option> <option label="c++">C++</option> <option label="sql">SQL</option> </select>/* w w w . j a v a 2 s. c o m*/ <p id="demo"></p> <button type="button" onclick="myFunction()">Test</button> <script> function myFunction() { var x = document.getElementById("mySelect").selectedIndex; document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = =document.getElementsByTagName("option")[x].label; } </script> </body> </html>