HTML: <select id="dropdown"> <option value="skype">I Use Skype</option> <option value="discord">I Use Discord</option> <option value="irc">I Use IRC</option> </select> <script> dropdown.onchange = function(){ alert("I see you use: "+dropdown.value) } </script> basic dropdown. HTML: the select tag has a id=dropdown. there are 3 options each have a value=something Javascript: dropdown is the select tag. when the dropdown is changed (dropdown.onchange) it will alert "I see you use: " then the value selected (dropdown.value)