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title: "jquery change function not working on dropdown"  
description: "jquery change function not working on dropdown"  
author: "Anonymous User"  
published: 2014-08-22  
updated: 2014-08-22  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/forum/2080/jquery-change-function-not-working-on-dropdown  
category: "jquery"  
tags: ["jquery"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# jquery change function not working on dropdown

jquery change [function](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/13001/multi-statement-table-valued-user-defined-function-in-sql-server) not working on [dropdown](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/263/ajax-toolkit-dropdownextender-in-asp-dot-net)

```
<script type="text/javascript">$(document).ready(function () { $("#title").change(function () {        var abc =
$(this).val();//previously i mentioned this in "" by mistake please
update it.        alert(abc);    });});</script>
```

## Replies

### Reply by Sumit Kesarwani

Hi John, try this:

```
$("#title").live('change', function() {        var abc =
$(this).val();        alert(abc);    });
```


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