drop down menu with onclick javascript functions

Question

I'm trying to create a drop down menu that calls a JavaScript function when clicked. My drop down menu is like this:

<select name = "navyOp"> 
    <option selected = "selected">Select a Navy Op Area</option>
    <option value = "AN01">AN01</option>
    <option value = "AN02">AN02</option>
    <option value = "AN03">AN03</option>
</select>

So for each of this options, I want a specific JavaScript function to be called. Is there a simple way to do this?

Answer 1

You can attach an event listener to select element:

window.test = function(e) {
  if (e.value === 'AN01') {
    console.log(e.value);
  } else if (e.value === 'AN02') {
    console.log(e.value);
  } else if (e.value === 'AN03') {
    console.log(e.value);
  }
}

<select name="navyOp" onchange="test(this);">
  <option selected="selected">Select a Navy Op Area</option>
  <option value="AN01">AN01</option>
  <option value="AN02">AN02</option>
  <option value="AN03">AN03</option>
</select>