option[selected=true] doesn't work

Question

I have this command (visibleSelect is jquery variable that holds multiple select list):

var selectedOption = visibleSelect.find('option[selected=true]');

From the watch window I can see that selectedOption.length is 0, but visibleSelect.get(0)[1].selected is true.

Why selectedOption doesn't containt the selected option? What is wrong?

Answer 1

Try

var selectedOption = visibleSelect.find('option:selected');

Answer 2

use var selectedOption = visibleSelect.find('option:selected');