How to Get Dropdown's Selected Item's text in Kendo UI?

Question

I am using Kendo UI Controls. I want to get the selected text of the dropdown list in jquery. I have used this syntax :

 $("#ddl").data("kendoDropDownList").text();

I am able to get the text in all browsers except IE. I don't know why this is not working in IE, please help me. Is there any other way to get selected Text ?

Answer 1

In order to get text value of a DropDownList use command as below :

$("#ddl").data("kendoDropDownList").text();