Bootstrap Modal Base

HTML

<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://getbootstrap.com/2.3.2/assets/css/bootstrap.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://getbootstrap.com/2.3.2/assets/css/bootstrap-responsive.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://jschr.github.io/bootstrap-modal/css/bootstrap-modal.css">
<script src="http://getbootstrap.com/2.3.2/assets/js/bootstrap.js"></script>
<script src="http://jschr.github.io/bootstrap-modal/js/bootstrap-modalmanager.js"></script>
<script src="http://jschr.github.io/bootstrap-modal/js/bootstrap-modal.js"></script>
<select id="myList">
<option name="test1">1</option>
<option name="test2">2</option>
</select>

JavaScript

alert($("#myList option:selected").text());