title: JQuery select drop down change event - select a default
body: <p>How would I still allow my change event to happen for my drop down while selecting a default value?</p>
  
  <p>Select value 1 as default, but also have the change function work..  </p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;select id='statsGraphingSelect'&gt;
      &lt;option value='1' selected="selected"&gt;1&lt;/option&gt;
      &lt;option value='2'&gt;2&lt;/option&gt;
      &lt;option value='3'&gt;3&lt;/option&gt;
      &lt;option value='4'&gt;4&lt;/option&gt;
  &lt;/select&gt;       
  
  $("#statsGraphingSelect").change(function() {
      if ($("#statsGraphingSelect option[value='1']").attr('selected')) {//something happens here }
      if ($("#statsGraphingSelect option[value='2']").attr('selected')) {//something happens here }
      if ($("#statsGraphingSelect option[value='3']").attr('selected')) {//something happens here }
      if ($("#statsGraphingSelect option[value='4']").attr('selected')) {//something happens here }
  }
  </code></pre>