Question

I have a select menu that i’m trying to bind a click function and be able to get the select options value attribute back on change.

             select = $('#select_networks').selectmenu();

            //bind the change of network/group
            select.bind( "change", function(event, ui) {

              //need to figure out the selected elements value attribute

            });

Answer 1

See this:

$("#select_networks").bind("change", function() {
    alert($(this).val());
});

UPDATE

$("#select_networks").bind("change", function() {
    var typeVal = $(this).children("*[value=" + $(this).val() + "]").attr("type");
    alert(typeVal);
});