How to programmatically get value of selected calcite dropdown

[Danik-B]

Just wondering what the best practice for programmatically getting the value of a selected item from a dropdown.  I know I need to listen to the 'onCalciteDropdownSelect' event, then go into 'target' and finally 'selectedItems'.  But from there, what should I use to get the value?

[KittyHurley · Accepted solution]

@Danik-B Thanks for reaching out! Since you mentioned  "onCalciteDropdownSelect", assume you might be using React? If so, you could leverage the useState hook with the Dropdown Item's "label" property/attribute.

Here's an example without a framework to showcase some of what the process could work towards.

[Danik-B]

@KittyHurley Thanks for that.  I was using innerText but I like the idea of using label.  Thanks for the solution.