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Why addEventListener to 'select' element does not work in JavaScript?


Instead, use querySelector() along with addEventListener().

Example

Following is the code −

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
<title>Document</title>
</head>
<link rel="stylesheet"
href="//code.jquery.com/ui/1.12.1/themes/base/jquery-ui.css">
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.12.4.js"></script>
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/ui/1.12.1/jquery-ui.js"></script>
<body>
   <select id="selectDemo">
      <option value="Java">Java</option>
      <option value="Javascript">Javascript</option>
      <option value="MySQL">MySQL</option>
      <option value="MongoDB">MongoDB</option>
   </select>
</body>
<script>
   document.querySelector('#selectDemo').addEventListener('change', subjectMarks);
   function subjectMarks() {
      console.log(58);
   }
</script>
</html>

To run the above program, save the file name anyName.html(index.html) and right click on the file. Select the option “Open with live server” in VS Code editor.

This will produce the following output −

Why addEventListener to 'select' element does not work in JavaScript?

Now, select the value from dropdown list −

Why addEventListener to 'select' element does not work in JavaScript?

Output

This will produce the following output −

Why addEventListener to 'select' element does not work in JavaScript?