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Thanks I tried .text() &nbsp;but had mistyped. &nbsp;Thanks again.
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Thanks I tried .text()  but had mistyped.  Thanks again.

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Instead of selecting the value of an option, I need to select the text between the option tags<br />
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for example in a menu like this <br />
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&lt;select id=&quot;testmenu&quot;&gt;<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;option value=1&gt;First label&lt;/option&gt;<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;option value=2&gt;Second label&lt;/option&gt;<br />
&lt;/select&gt;<br />
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For example on select the second option, I &nbsp;want to get &nbsp; &nbsp; Second label.
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Instead of selecting the value of an option, I need to select the text between the option tags

for example in a menu like this 

<select id="testmenu">
    <option value=1>First label</option>
    <option value=2>Second label</option>
</select>

For example on select the second option, I  want to get     Second label.

select text of menu

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