Getting recent selection in multiple select box

Question

I want to populate content depending upon the multiple select box selection. I can get all selected value of select box. Using

$('select').change(function(){
   console.info($(this).val()) // it gives me array
});

But i want only the recent selection/deselection user makes.

Answer 1

Try this

// this will set the last selected or deselected option element's value to the select element as a custom attribute "recent" 
$("#selectEl option").click(function(event) {
   $(this).parent().attr("recent", $(this).val());
});


$("#selectEl").attr("recent"); // returns the last selected/deselected option value or undefined if attribute recent is not present