How to get selected option element attr in jQuery?

Question

I want to get attribute value of selected option element.

jQuery:

$("#select_element").val().attr("val");

HTML:

 <select id="select_element" class="selectpanel">
     <option val="x">element1</option>
     <option val="y">element2</option>
 </select>

Answer 1

Try this:

$('#select_element option:selected').attr('val');

Or

$('#select_element option:selected').val();

both are valid!