Get curent selected value from combo box

[wel]

Hi,
I have this combo box:

Code:

<select id="cc" class="easyui-combobox" name="dept" style="width:200px;">
    <option value="aa">aitem1</option>
    <option value="bb">bitem2</option>
    <option value="cc">bitem3</option>
    <option value="dd">ditem4</option>
    <option value="ee">eitem5</option>
</select>

Now if I tried to get current selected value using JQuery I write this

Code:

$('#cc').val();

The problem it always return "aa" no matter what is selected, why is that ?

[aswzen]

i think you need to read documentation

to get value use: $('#cc').combobox('getValue');
to get text use: $('#cc').combobox('getText');

[wel]

I know about getValue but why I can not use JQuery val() ?