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Asked: June 10, 20262026-06-10T15:09:50+00:00 2026-06-10T15:09:50+00:00

This question has already been asked but I am stuck with the most basic

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This question has already been asked but I am stuck with the most basic level of it. I haven’t added anything to my html except a select tag and trying to catch the change event by jquery. Here is my code:

<head>
<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.8.0/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script>
  $('#target').bind("change", function{
    alert('Changed');
  });
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form>
  <select id="target">
    <option value="option1" selected="selected">Option 1</option>
    <option value="option2">Option 2</option>
  </select>
</form>
</body>

Even the change() function does not work.

<script>
  $('#target').change(function() {
    alert('Changed');
  });
</script>

Please help me figure out where I am doing wrong. In one of the similar problems on Stackoverflow, I got http://jsfiddle.net/78x9Q/4/ as an answer. But even an exact copy paste of that code is not working for me.

P.S.: jQuery is loading as I tested it and found working using this:

<script>
$(function() {
  alert('Changed');
});
</script>
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    2026-06-10T15:09:52+00:00Added an answer on June 10, 2026 at 3:09 pm

    Your code does not work because you try to work with dom when it is not built yet. Use this:

    $(document).ready(function () {
      // your code
    });
    

    Then your code will run when dom is already built.

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