JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<select>
    <option value="">Nothing</option>
    <option value="http://stackoverflow.com/users/1090562/">me on SO </option>
    <option value="google.com"> google.com </option>
</select>

JavaScript

$("select").change(function(){
    var url = $(this).val();
    if (url){
        window.open(url, '_blank');
    }
})