Question

Say I have a dropdown menu…

<select id="menu">
   <option value="1">One</option>
   <option value="2">Two</option>
   <option value="3">Three</option>
</select>

When I select the option (without clicking a button), I want it to fire to a jQuery function. How would I go about doing this from the option select without clicking a button (just on select)? I think I would need a jQuery call on the menu id first to do this but not sure where to start. Thanks.

Answer 1

Description

You should use the jQuery change event.

Sample

​$("#menu").change(function() {
    alert("fire your function");
});​​​​​

Check out this jsFiddle Demonstration

More Information

• jQuery – change()