.val() in jquery does not work anymore

[locito54]

before upgrading to the latest version I was able to get the value of the select box with the following jquery function

var material = $("select[name=test] :selected").val();

with the new version that does not work anymore

[jacob-v-dam]

I my case this works:

var material = $("select[name=test]").val();

This wil return the value of the select.