Combobox Selection is not readable when the combobox has ascented characters

[Madasamya]

In my combo box i have used an item name as Template Stéréo. When selecting this string the selected value is not readable. If i have chinese and japanese characters it works fine. It doesn't work for the characters like this é.

My code as below.

<div class="ui-widget">
<input id="ddlTemplateHybrid" runat="server" class="dropDownCustomFullWide inputHalfWidth inputTextBox" />
<asp:DropDownList ID="ddlTemplate" Visible="true" style="visibility:hidden" Width="0px" class="form-control" runat="server"   CssClass="dropDownCustomFullWide inputHalfWidth inputTextBox">
</asp:DropDownList>
</div>


            function pageLoad() {
                $(function () {
                    $("[id$=ddlTemplateHybrid]").combobox({
                        src: "ProfileEditorQC.aspx/GetProfileListForDropDown",
                        sel: "ProfileEditorQC.aspx/SetProfileListForDropDown"
                    });

                });
            }

            function GetSelectedTemplateDropDownValue() {
//Below statement return 0 when the string has such characters 
                var dropdownValue = $('#<%=ddlTemplate.ClientID%>').val();
                return dropdownValue;
            }

[Scott González]

Please provide a reduced test case as requested in the red box. Snippets of ASP code aren't helpful to us.

Also, 1.10.3 is no longer supported. When building your reduced test case, make sure to use the latest version.

[Scott González]

Closing due to inactivity.