How to change a Div content when selecting a value from a select with a jQuery?

Question

Hi I'm new to jQuery and I'm trying to solve this:

When selecting a value from the dropdown ( <select> ), you need to change the content of the div tag (in red) with the selected value. Please use jQuery to solve this test, and please don't add any id/class to the above HTML code!

I already wrote a script but it does not work, can you help please

 var content = $( "div:gt(5)" ); $( "select" ).on( "click", function( event ) { content.html('6 products'); });

 <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script> <div class="toolbar-wrapper"> <div> <div> <label>Product Count</label> <div class="select-group"> <select> <option value="4 products" selected="selected">4 products</option> <option value="6 products">6 products</option> <option value="8 products">8 products</option> </select> </div> </div> <div>4 products</div> </div> </div>

Answer 1

Use this.value in the event handler to get the value that was selected in the dropdown.

When you select something from the dropdown, the change event is triggered, not click .

div:gt(5) is not the correct selector for the div where the result should be displayed. Numbering starts from 0 , so it's DIV number 4 . You can use .eq(4) to select that.

 var content = $("div").eq(4); $("select").on("change", function(event) { content.html(this.value); });

 <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script> <div class="toolbar-wrapper"> <div> <div> <label>Product Count</label> <div class="select-group"> <select> <option value="4 products" selected="selected">4 products</option> <option value="6 products">6 products</option> <option value="8 products">8 products</option> </select> </div> </div> <div>4 products</div> </div> </div>

Answer 2

You can target with > & position selectors .

$( "select" ).on( "change", function( event ) {
  $('.toolbar-wrapper > div > div:nth-child(2)').html(event.target.value);
});

Fiddle !