JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

by André Albson

HTML

<select>
    <option value="1">Option1</option>
    <option value="2">Option2</option>
    <option value="3">Option3</option>
</select>


<button id="btn">Exibe opção selecionada</button>

JavaScript

$('#btn').click(function(){    
	alert($('select option:selected').text()); 
  if($('select option:selected').text() !== "Option1"){
  	alert('nada');
  } else {
  	alert('achou');
  }
});