I have been working on a custom select box and I am trying to retrieve the value of the selected label. When I click the "check" button, an alert pops up showing the code inside the div, which makes sense. However, I am wondering how I can extract the value or text of the selected option.
.selectbox_newpost {
padding:0;
margin:0;
height:100vh;
width:100vw;
font-family: sans-serif;
color:#FFF;
}
.selectbox_newpost {
display:flex;
flex-direction: column;
position:relative;
width:250px;
height:40px;
}
.option_newpost {
padding:0 30px 0 10px;
min-height:40px;
display:flex;
align-items:center;
background:#333;
border-top:#222 solid 1px;
position:absolute;
top:0;
width: 100%;
pointer-events:none;
order:2;
z-index:1;
transition:background .4s ease-in-out;
box-sizing:border-box;
overflow:hidden;
white-space:nowrap;
}<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en" dir="ltr">
<head>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="stylesss.css">
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.6.0.js" integrity="sha256-H+K7U5CnXl1h5ywQfKtSj8PCmoN9aaq30gDh27Xc0jk=" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>test</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
function getValue(){
var option = document.getElementById("selectedOptionNewpost");
alert(option.innerHTML);
}
</script>
<div class="selectbox_container_newpost">
<div id="selectedOptionNewpost" class="selectbox_newpost" tabindex="1">
<input class="selectopt" name="test" type="radio" id="opt1" checked>
<label for="opt1" class="option_newpost">Objects</label>
<input class="selectopt" name="test" type="radio" id="opt2">
<label for="opt2" class="option_newpost">Vehicles</label>
<input class="selectopt" name="test" type="radio" id="opt3">
<label for="opt3" class="option_newpost">Technology</label>
<input class="selectopt" name="test" type="radio" id="opt4">
<label for="opt4" class="option_newpost">Books</label>
<input class="selectopt" name="test" type="radio" id="opt5">
<label for="opt5" class="option_newpost">Furniture</label>
<input class="selectopt" name="test" type="radio" id="opt6">
<label for="opt6" class="option_newpost">Others...</label>
</div>
</div>
<button onclick="getValue()">Check</button>
</body>
</html>