jQuery get value of select onChange

Question

I was under the impression that I could get the value of a select input by doing this $(this).val(); and applying the onchange parameter to the sel

Answer 1

This is helped for me.

For select:

$('select_tags').on('change', function() {
    alert( $(this).find(":selected").val() );
});

For radio/checkbox:

$('radio_tags').on('change', function() {
    alert( $(this).find(":checked").val() );
});