JMSoftware » jquery http://www.jmsoftware.co.uk Software Development Mon, 26 Sep 2011 13:38:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ Number of Selected Items in a Multiple Select Box with jQuery http://www.jmsoftware.co.uk/blog/number-of-selected-items-in-a-multiple-select-box-with-jquery http://www.jmsoftware.co.uk/blog/number-of-selected-items-in-a-multiple-select-box-with-jquery#comments Sat, 25 Oct 2008 11:05:05 +0000 Jonathan http://www.jmsoftware.co.uk/?p=21 With the html:

<select name="my_list" multiple="multiple">
    <option value="one">1</option>
    <option value="two">2</option>
    <option value="three">3</option>
    <option value="four">4</option>
    <option value="five">5</option>
</select>

One way to find the number of options selected:
$("select[name='my_list']>option:selected").length

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