select2

HTML

<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://ivaynberg.github.com/select2/select2-3.3.1/select2.css">
<script src="http://ivaynberg.github.com/select2/select2-3.3.1/select2.js"></script>
<p>
    <select style="width:300px" id="select">
               <optgroup label="Alaskan/Hawaiian Time Zone">
                   <option value="AK">Alaska</option>
                   <option value="HI">Hawaii</option>
               </optgroup>
               <optgroup label="Pacific Time Zone">
                   <option value="CA">California</option>
                   <option value="NV">Nevada</option>
                   <option value="OR">Oregon</option>
                   <option value="WA">Washington</option>
               </optgroup>
               <optgroup label="Mountain Time Zone">
                   <option value="AZ">Arizona</option>
                   <option value="CO">Colorado</option>
                   <option value="ID">Idaho</option>
                   <option value="MT">Montana</option><option value="NE">Nebraska</option>
                   <option value="NM">New Mexico</option>
                   <option value="ND">North Dakota</option>
                   <option value="UT">Utah</option>
                   <option value="WY">Wyoming</option>
               </optgroup>
               <optgroup label="Central Time Zone">
                   <option value="AL">Alabama</option>
                   <option value="AR">Arkansas</option>
                   <option value="IL">Illinois</option>
                   <option value="IA">Iowa</option>
                   <option value="KS">Kansas</option>
                   <option value="KY">Kentucky</option>
                   <option value="LA">Louisiana</option>
                   <option value="MN">Minnesota</option>
                   <option value="MS">Mississippi</option>
                   <option value="MO">Missouri</option>
                   <option value="OK">Oklahoma</option>
                   <option value="SD">South...

CSS

body {
    font-family: sans-serif;
}

ul {
    padding: 0;
}

.info {
    color: #00f;
    font-weight: bold;
    font-size: 10px;
    float: right;
}

.info:hover {
    text-decoration: underline;
}

JavaScript

function onSelectChange(event){
    alert( $("#select").select2("val") );
};

$("#select").select2().bind('close', onSelectChange);