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JavaScript

Posted by Kyle Papili
Kyle Papili
9,112 Points

Jquery .change() is not working and I have no clue why!

I have the following HTML & Jquery code....

<html>
    <head>
    <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.3/jquery.min.js"></script>
    </head>
<body>
<div class= "homepageSelectMenuGroup">
                <select class = "homepageSelectors , hpSelectorMenu" id = "classSelector" name="classSelector">
                    <option value= "science.html" selected>Science Class</option>
                    <option value= "math.html">Math Class</option>
                 </select>
</div>

<script>
console.log("The script is working");
$( "#classSelector" ).change(function() {
            alert( "Handler for .change() called." );
            console.log("But this function will not run!!!");
        });
</script>
</html>

For some reason, even when the drop down menu selected item is changed, the function under the .change() will not run. Please help me, thank you very much!!!

1 Answer

Chyno Deluxe
Chyno Deluxe
16,936 Points
Chyno Deluxe
Chyno Deluxe
16,936 Points

You have spaces between your class tag and Id tags

Kyle Papili
Kyle Papili
9,112 Points

Thank you very much for the help. I have since figured out another bug in a part of my HTML file that I did not include in the post not thinking it would affect the script. But thank you anyway for the help!!!!!