I have a radio button like this on page

<div id="someId">
    <label class="radio-inline">
        <input name="x" type="radio" onchange="GetSelectedVal();">Yes</label>
    <label class="radio-inline">
        <input name="x" type="radio" onchange="GetSelectedVal();">No</label>
</div>

On page load I don't want to set any selection so not using checked property. In my JavaScript function, how can I get the value Yes or No based on the user selection at runtime?

function GetSelectedVal() {
    console.log($('#someId input:radio.........);
}

I have seen similar questions but unable to find solution of this issue.

I have a radio button like this on page

<div id="someId">
    <label class="radio-inline">
        <input name="x" type="radio" onchange="GetSelectedVal();">Yes</label>
    <label class="radio-inline">
        <input name="x" type="radio" onchange="GetSelectedVal();">No</label>
</div>

On page load I don't want to set any selection so not using checked property. In my JavaScript function, how can I get the value Yes or No based on the user selection at runtime?

function GetSelectedVal() {
    console.log($('#someId input:radio.........);
}

I have seen similar questions but unable to find solution of this issue.

• javascript
• jquery
• html

3 Answers 3

Remove onchange inline handler from HTML. Use on to bind events.

:checked will select the checked radio button. closest will select the parent label and text() will get the label associated with the radio button. e.g. Yes

$('[name="x"]').on('change', function () {

    alert($('[name="x"]:checked').closest('label').text());

});

DEMO

You can simple pass this in onchange="GetSelectedVal(); like onchange="GetSelectedVal(this);

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis./ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div id="someId">
        <label class="radio-inline"><input  name="x" type="radio" onchange="GetSelectedVal(this);">Yes</label>
        <label class="radio-inline"><input  name="x" type="radio" onchange="GetSelectedVal(this);">No</label>
    </div>
<script>
function GetSelectedVal(ele) {
       alert($(ele).closest('label').text());
   }
  </script>

I would do it a bit different than the accepted answer.

Instead of having events on multiple radio buttons, you can have one on the containing div. Also let just the checked radio trigger the change:

$('#someId').on('change', 'input[name="x"]:checked', function () {
    var label = $(this).siblings('span').text();
    console.log(label);
});

When I have text next to other elements I prefer wrapping the text in span's:

<div id="someId">
    <label class="radio-inline"><input  name="x" type="radio"><span>Yes</span></label>
    <label class="radio-inline"><input  name="x" type="radio"><span>No</span></label>
</div>

A demo: jsfiddle/qcxgwe66/