Get select element value on event using pure JavaScript

Question

I want to get the value of a select element when the select element is clicked! I want to do it without an onchange attribute in the HTML.

I would like

Answer 1

A solution that will work with all browsers (including IE8) :

var select_element = document.getElementById('product-form-user-enquiry-type');

select_element.onchange = function() {
    var elem = (typeof this.selectedIndex === "undefined" ? window.event.srcElement : this);
    var value = elem.value || elem.options[elem.selectedIndex].value;
    alert(value);
}​