Question

I’m trying to save off the form value of a select dropdown list on change?

HTML

<select class="form_select" id="typeof_dwelling" name="typeof_dwelling">
  <option value="-1">All </option>
  <option value="APTU">Condos</option>
  <option value="HOUSE">Houses</option> 
  <option value="TWNHS">Townhouses</option>
  <option value="LOFTS">Lofts</option> 
  <option value="LND">Land</option>
</select>

SCRIPT

<script>
$(document).ready(function () {
    $('select#typeof_dwelling').change(function () {
        alert($(this).val());
     }
 });
</script>

How do I make this alert appear with the current option value?

LIVE CODE

Answer 1

Fix your code and it will work. You are missing closing parentheses

$(document).ready(function () {
    $('select#typeof_dwelling').change(function () {
        alert($(this).val());
    }); // <-- here
});​

http://jsfiddle.net/Py9su/