JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<select>
    <option>1</option>
    <option>2</option>
    <option>3</option>
</select>

JavaScript

$("select").hover(function (e)
{
     var $target = $(e.target); 
     if($target.is('option')) {
         alert($target.val());
     }
});