JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
by dixalex
HTML
<select id="select">
<option id="someid1" name="1" class="someclass">Option 1</option>
<option id="someid2" name="2" class="someclass">Option 2</option>
</select>
CSS
.darkblue {
background-color:skyblue;
color: pink;
}
JavaScript
//Drop down event mitigation
//http://stackoverflow.com/questions/31798122/javascript-on-change-not-working-on-object-html-select-element
$('#select').change(function(){ console.log($(this).find('option:selected').attr('name'));
alert($(this).find('option:selected').attr('name'));
$(this).find('option:selected').addClass('darkblue').siblings().removeClass('darkblue');
});