Getting value of select (dropdown) before change

Answer 1

Best solution:

$('select').on('selectric-before-change', function (event, element, selectric) {
    var current = element.state.currValue; // index of current value before select a new one
    var selected = element.state.selectedIdx; // index of value that will be selected

    // choose what you need
    console.log(element.items[current].value);
    console.log(element.items[current].text);
    console.log(element.items[current].slug);
});