How do I get the change event for a datalist?
html, html-datalist, javascript, jquery
Solution
You can manually check it on change. But you need to check change of the input of datalist.
FIDDLE
$(document).on('change', 'input', function() {
var options = $('datalist')[0].options;
var val = $(this).val();
for (var i = 0; i < options.length; i++) {
if (options[i].value === val) {
console.log(val);
break;
}
}
});
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.6.0/jquery.min.js"></script>
<input list="ff">
<datalist id="ff">
<option>Option 1 Here</option>
<option>Option 2 Here</option>
</datalist>
Problem
I am using a datalist and need to detect when the user selects something from the drop-down list. A similar question has been asked BUT I need it so that the event fires ONLY when the user selects something from the datalist. If they type something in the input then I do NOT want the event to fire. (Notice in the accepted answer to the question I linked that they bind the input, which is not what I want). I've tried (with no success): ``` <datalist> <option>Option 1 Here</option> <option>Option 2 Here</option> </datalist> $(document).on('change', 'datalist', function(){ alert('hi'); }); ``` EDIT: This question is different than the suggested question because it's a completely different question.