Get all possible values of a select field

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I have a select field with different values :

  • africa
  • europe
  • america
  • asia
  • oceania

When selecting a value, I want to add a css class to a specific div, the name of the css class being the value selected. Easy enough :

  $(document).on("change",  "[data-name='continent'] select", function () {
    var continent = $('[data-name="continent"] select').val();
    $("#mydiv").addClass(continent);
  });

This works fine, but there is a problem : if I change the select field value, the previous classes will not be removed. I can't do :

$("#mydiv").removeClass().addClass(continent);

Because #mydiv already has other important classes. I could do :

$("#mydiv").removeClass('africa').removeClass('europe').removeClass('america').removeClass('asia').removeClass('oceania').addClass(continent);

But in reality I have more than just 5 options and they might change in the future; I'd rather keep things flexible. And more than anything, i want to learn javascript. Is there any way to remove all the classes that are values of the select field ?

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3 Answers

To get a list of the classes you want to remove, you can use something like this:

[...testEl.querySelectorAll('option')].map(x => x.value).join(' ');

This is vanilla JavaScript...if done in jQuery it would look like this:

$('#my-select > option').map((i,el)=> el.value).toArray().join(' ');

That will pull out a list of the options and give you a space-delimited string. You could then use this list to do your .removeClass().

However I wonder if class is the best option for this. In the following snippet there is an example of using a data attribute instead of class, and how that data attribute could be used in a CSS selector (this would also work in jQuery or querySelector). Maybe an option to consider...

const testEl = document.querySelector('#test');

const allOptions = $('#test > option').map((i,el)=> el.value).toArray().join(' ');
console.log(allOptions);

const testChange = e => {
  const el = e.target;
  el.dataset.chosen = el.value;
};
testEl.addEventListener('change', testChange);
testChange({ target: testEl });
#test[data-chosen="africa"] {
  color: red;
}

#test[data-chosen="america"] {
  color: blue;
}

#test {
  color: orange;
}
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<select name='test' id='test' value='europe'>
  <option value='africa'>africa</option>
  <option value='europe'>europe</option>
  <option value='america'>america</option>
  <option value='asia'>asia</option>
  <option value='oceania'>oceania</option>
</select>

user_12333050

Try this:

$('#continent').on('change', (e) => {
  let $myDiv = $('#myDiv'),
      $continent = $(e.target),
      possibleValues = $continent.find('option').toArray().map(item => item.value).join(' ');
  
  $myDiv.removeClass(possibleValues).addClass($continent.val());
});

Explanation:

  1. Gather all possible values from the select:

    $continent.find('option').toArray().map(item => item.value)

  2. Join them in a space-separated list into a string:

    .join(' ');

  3. Remove all classes from that list from the target element

    $myDiv.removeClass(possibleValues)

  4. Add the selected class after it.

Demo:

$('#continent').on('change', (e) => {
  let $myDiv = $('#myDiv'),
      $continent = $(e.target),
      possibleValues = $continent.find('option').toArray().map(item => item.value).join(' ');
  
  $myDiv.removeClass(possibleValues).addClass($continent.val());
});
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<select id="continent">
  <option value="a">A</option>
  <option value="b">B</option>
  <option value="c">C</option>
  <option value="d">D</option>
  <option value="e">E</option>
</select>

<div id="myDiv" class="other-class keep-me">my div</div>

user_12673040

You will have to create a string containing all the classes you want to add/remove seperated by space:

$("#mydiv").removeClass("africa europe america asia oceania");
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