// The client event 'ActivationChanged' takes two parameters sender and e
// sender is the object which is raising the event
// e is the DropDownActivationEventArgs
function WebDropDown_ActivationChanged(sender, e) {
//Gets the new active DropDownItem object
var newActiveItem = e.getNewActiveItem();
//Gets the old active DropDownItem object
var oldActiveItem = e.getOldActiveItem();
//Gets the text of the new active item
var newItemText = newActiveItem.get_text();
if (oldActiveItem != null) {
//Gets the text of the old active item
var oldItemText = oldActiveItem.get_text();
window.status = "New Active Item : " + newItemText + "; Old Active Item : " + oldItemText;
} else {
window.status = "New Active Item : " + newItemText;
}
}