javascript - Onclick in select not working in IE

Question

Am a bit new to javascript. This question might sound a bit too silly, but I'm not able to figure it out why the following doesn't work in IE and works in firefox..

<select multiple="multiple">
 <option value="tx" onClick="alert('tx');">Texas</option>
 <option value="ak" onClick="alert('ak');">Alaska</option>
 <option value="ca" onClick="alert('ca');">California</option>
 <option value="ws" onClick="alert('ws');">Washington</option>
 <option value="tn" onClick="alert('tn');">Tennessee</option>
</select>

The alert doesn't come up in IE (I'm using IE8). But it works in firefox!!!!!

Answer 1

I would use the onchange event:

<select multiple="multiple" onchange="alert(this.options[this.selectedIndex].value)">
 <option value="tx">Texas</option>
 <option value="ak">Alaska</option>
 <option value="ca">California</option>
 <option value="ws">Washington</option>
 <option value="tn">Tennessee</option>
</select>

Although Daniel Mendel's solution is perfectly valid.