Jquery event when user makes selection in dropdown

Question

I have a drop down list. In Jquery what is the event I would use when the user makes a selection.

The id of the dropdown is drp1

I tried the following but di

Answer 1

You need to use change().

jQuery change event occurs when the value of an element is changed.

This event is limited to input elements, textarea boxes and select elements.

$("#ddrp1").change (function () { 

     var getText = $(this).find(':selected').text();
     alert (getText); // show the text value of the selected element ...

 });