jQuery Chosen option values

Question

I am using Chosen jQuery plugin. I have a standard single select that looks like that: ``` ``` With Chosen, I end up with something like that: ```

Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria

``` Is there a simple way to keep the option values (AF,AL,DZ) in the list elements with Chosen, like a data-value or such attribute? I could not find that in the docs. Thanks in advance.

Accepted Answer

jquery-chosen just adds to your select element just 'display: none'. So you could take all your values from it.

```
$('#yourSelectId').change(function() {
 alert(this.options[this.selectedIndex].value);
});
```

jQuery Chosen option values

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