I have the following HTML containing a drop down list (single selection)
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function () {
$("#garden").bind('change', function() {
alert("Changed");
});
});
</script>
<body>
<div id="content">
<select id="garden">
<option value="flowers">Flowers</option>
<option value="shrubs">Shrubs</option>
<option value="trees">Trees</option>
<option value="bushes">Bushes</option>
</select>
</div>
</body>
</html>
When the HTML page is rendered, Flowers is the already selected element in the drop-down by default (being the first one). If I select any other value (other than "Flowers"), the Javascript function is fired and a alert box containing "Changed" is shown.
Q1: But, in case I re-select Flowers again, the onchange event is not triggered. I understand it is because nothing was 'changed' in the drop-down list. Is there a way a function is triggered even when no change to the already selected value in drop-down is done?
Q2: How to extract the value of the element which has just been selected (even if nothing new was selected - that is, user clicked on the drop down, and simply clicked somewhere else).
I have already tried the onblur but that requires that the user clicks somewhere else on the document so that the drop-down loses focus. Any help would be really appreciated.
[I have edited out the HTML headers and other script inclusions in the code snippet provided for brevity.]
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