jquery UI Combobox ONCHANGE

Question

how can I attach an onchange function in a jqueryUI combobox? Here is my code:

$(\".cmbBox\").combobox({
     change:function(){
         alert($(this).val()         


        

Answer 1

IMHO, an even simpler way to detect the user has changed the combobox (without having to tweak the jQuery UI autocomplete combobox source code) is as follows; this works for me. It's repetitious if you've got lots of them, though surely there's a way to refactor. Thanks to all who have studied and explained this widget at length, here and elsewhere.

$("#theComboBox").combobox({ 
        select: function (event, ui) { 
            alert("the select event has fired!"); 
        } 
    }
);