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 did not work:

```
$("#ddrp1").SelectChanged(SelectionItem);

```

Answer: 
Use jQuery `change` event handler.

```
$("#ddrp1").change(function(){
    //selection changed
    alert(this.value);//this will give the selected option's value
    alert($(this).find(':selected').text());//this will give the selected option's text
});

```

Alternative way to bind `change` event handler is.

```
$("#ddrp1").bind('change', function(){

});

```
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 ...

 });

```