DropdownSameId

by Greg Finzer

HTML

<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-2.2.3.js"></script>
<select id="ddlInsuranceCompany"
		name="insuranceCompany">
	<option value="1">America First</option>
	<option value="1">Indiana</option>
	<option value="1">Peerless</option>
</select>
<span role="status" aria-live="polite" class="ui-helper-hidden-accessible"></span>
<input type="text" value="Test" class="form-control ui-autocomplete-input">

JavaScript

var myValue = $('#ddlInsuranceCompany').siblings('.ui-autocomplete-input').first().val();

alert(myValue);