Select Dropdown Handling in jQuery

Select Dropdown Handling in jQuery — a practical guide to jQuery select dropdown with clear examples you can reuse in real projects.

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Short description

For multi-select, .val() returns an array.

Select

$('#city').val('nyc');
$('#city').on('change', function () {
  loadZones($(this).val());
});