<select id="sel" onchange='alert("changed")'>
<option value='1'>One</option>
<option value='2'>Two</option>
<option value='3' selected>Three</option>
</select>
<input type="button" value="Change option to 2" />
Run code snippetHide resultsvar select = document.querySelector('#sel'),
input = document.querySelector('input[type="button"]');
select.addEventListener('change',function(){
alert('changed');
});
input.addEventListener('click',function(){
select.value = 2;
select.dispatchEvent(new Event('change'));
});function Event( event, params ) {
params = params || { bubbles: false, cancelable: false, detail: undefined };
var evt = document.createEvent( 'CustomEvent' );
evt.initCustomEvent( event, params.bubbles, params.cancelable, params.detail );
return evt;
}