Does the JavaScript onclick event not work on <select> 's?

Question

For some reason the code below it is not working correctly. Unless I\'m being quite stupid with my JavaScript I can\'t see what\'s going wrong besides the onclick events not

Answer 1

just add these function to your code:

$('#drop_down').on('change', function(){
    ($(this).val() == 'other') ? showOther() : hideOther();
});

se here: http://jsfiddle.net/gLML3/7/