Title: Javascript trigger events on selection
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Javascript trigger events on selection

 *  Resolved [davidemaggiorelli](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davidemaggiorelli/)
 * (@davidemaggiorelli)
 * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/javascript-trigger-events-on-selection/)
 * Hi all,
    I wanted to know if there is a way to trigger a javascript function 
   on a selection box when something is selected.
 * Thank you! 🙂
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 *  [digitalnord](https://wordpress.org/support/users/digitalnord/)
 * (@digitalnord)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/javascript-trigger-events-on-selection/#post-7338517)
 * You can do this with jQuery:
 *     ```
       $('#the_select_box').change(theFunctionToCall);
   
       function theFunctionToCall (e) {
         // do something
       }
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [davidemaggiorelli](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davidemaggiorelli/)
 * (@davidemaggiorelli)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/javascript-trigger-events-on-selection/#post-7338520)
 * I have problems with jQuery due to a jQuery conflict :/
    Is there another way
   to do it?
 * Thank you! 🙂
 *  [digitalnord](https://wordpress.org/support/users/digitalnord/)
 * (@digitalnord)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/javascript-trigger-events-on-selection/#post-7338521)
 * Yes, you can try to change the `$` to `jQuery`, or wrap it all in an anonymous
   function:
 *     ```
       jQuery(document).ready(function ($) {
         // Here you can use $ for jQuery
       });
       ```
   

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 * Last activity: [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/javascript-trigger-events-on-selection/#post-7338521)
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