JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
by jimfrenette
HTML
<select id="wbox" name="listbox" size="20"onchange="call(this)">
<optgroup label="Taxes">
<option value="1694" label="DNA-option1"></option>
<option value="1642">RNA-option2</option>
</optgroup>
</select>
JavaScript
function call(op) {
//alert(op.label);
//alert(op.name);
//alert(op.value);
//var x = op.label;
selectedLabel = $("#wbox option:selected").text("label").val();
alert(selectedLabel);
}