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    copied!<p>I'm using <a href="http://www.givainc.com/labs/mcdropdown_jquery_plugin.cfm" rel="nofollow">plugin</a> from drop-down, all is set, except I cannot get values of drop-down items as they are selected.</p> <p><strong>HTML</strong></p> <pre><code>&lt;html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"&gt; &lt;head&gt; &lt;script type="text/javascript" src="lib/jquery-1.2.6.js"&gt;&lt;/script&gt; &lt;script type="text/javascript" src="lib/jquery.mcdropdown.js"&gt;&lt;/script&gt; &lt;!---// load the mcDropdown CSS stylesheet //---&gt; &lt;link type="text/css" href="css/jquery.mcdropdown.css" rel="stylesheet" media="all" /&gt; &lt;meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /&gt; &lt;title&gt;Untitled 1&lt;/title&gt; &lt;style type="text/css"&gt; div.test &gt; div { float: left; width: 108px; margin-right: 40px; } div.mcdropdown { width: 110px; } ul.mcdropdown_menu { float: left; width: 110px; } &lt;/style&gt; &lt;/head&gt; &lt;body&gt; &lt;ul id="categorymenu" class="mcdropdown_menu"&gt; &lt;li rel="1"&gt;Arts &amp;amp; Humanities &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li rel="2"&gt;Photography &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li rel="3"&gt;3D &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li rel="4"&gt;Digital &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li rel="5"&gt;History &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li rel="6"&gt;Literature &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li rel="7"&gt;Business &amp;amp; Economy &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li rel="8"&gt;Computers &amp;amp; Internet &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li rel="9"&gt;Education &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li rel="11"&gt;Entertainment &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li rel="12"&gt;Movies &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li rel="13"&gt;TV Shows &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li rel="14"&gt;Music &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li rel="15"&gt;Humor &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li rel="10"&gt;Health &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; </code></pre> <p><strong>SCRIPT</strong></p> <pre><code>function check() { var mc= $("#category").mcDropdown(); alert(mc.getValue()); } &lt;/script&gt; </code></pre> <p>According to doc <code>When a user selects an item from the menu, it is this value that is placed in a hidden element and therefore passed back to the server when the form is submitted.</code>, I want to know the value of selected item, but the js only gives me rel number in integer no value, how can I get values or I can self post on submit button to a function where I can see how these values are being sent. </p> <p>THANKS.</p>
 

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