To get the chosen value of a select2
I'm using:
var x = $("#select").select2('data');
var select_choice = x.text
The problem is this throws an error if not value has been selected and I was wondering if there was any way to make it return the placeholder if no option is selected
You have to add an empty option (i.e. <option></option>
) as a first element to see a placeholder.
From Select2 official documentation :
"Note that because browsers assume the first option element is selected in non-multi-value select boxes an empty first option element must be provided (<option></option>
) for the placeholder to work."
Hope this helps.
Example:
<select id="countries">
<option></option>
<option value="1">Germany</option>
<option value="2">France</option>
<option value="3">Spain</option>
</select>
and the Javascript would be:
$('#countries').select2({
placeholder: "Please select a country"
});