Bootstrap Dropdown - Select

by Kushal Jayswal

HTML

<link rel="stylesheet" href="//maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.1/css/bootstrap.min.css">
<script src="//maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.1/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
<div class="dropdown dropdown-select">
    <button class="btn btn-default dropdown-toggle" type="button" id="dropdownMenu1" data-toggle="dropdown" aria-expanded="true">
        Dropdown
        <span class="caret"></span>
    </button>
    <ul class="dropdown-menu" role="menu" aria-labelledby="dropdownMenu1">
        <li role="presentation"><a role="menuitem" tabindex="-1" href="#">Action</a></li>
        <li role="presentation"><a role="menuitem" tabindex="-1" href="#">Another action</a></li>
        <li role="presentation"><a role="menuitem" tabindex="-1" href="#">Something else here</a></li>
        <li role="presentation"><a role="menuitem" tabindex="-1" href="#">Separated link</a></li>
    </ul>
</div>

JavaScript

$('.dropdown-select').on( 'click', '.dropdown-menu li a', function() { 
	   var target = $(this).html();

	   //Adds active class to selected item
	   $(this).parents('.dropdown-menu').find('li').removeClass('active');
	   $(this).parent('li').addClass('active');

	   //Displays selected text on dropdown-toggle button
	   $(this).parents('.dropdown-select').find('.dropdown-toggle').html(target + ' <span class="caret"></span>');
	});