Show and hide html element on selected option change

Question

In a JSP page, I have a dropdown list. When the first element of the list is selected, I want a text area to show right on click. I\'m new to Javascript/Jquery, so I\'m obvi

Answer 1

You can do also using jQuery as follows.

$("#show").change(function(){
   if($(this).val()=="1")
   {    
       $("#text_area").show();
   }
   else
   {
       $("#text_area").hide();
   }
});

Demo