What is wrong with selecting with my drop down element
<pre><code>&lt;html&gt;
    &lt;head&gt;
        &lt;script type='text/javascript' language='javascript' src="http://localhost/javascript/jquery-1.4.2.js"&gt;
        &lt;/script&gt;

        &lt;script type='text/javascript' language='javascript'&gt;
        $(document).ready(function(){
            $("#button").mousedown(function(){
                    dropDownMenu    = $("#dropDownMenu");
                    alert(dropDownMenu.options[0].text);
                });
        });


        &lt;/script&gt;
    &lt;/head&gt;
    &lt;body&gt;
    &lt;select id="dropDownMenu"&gt;&lt;option&gt;Test&lt;/option&gt;&lt;/select&gt;&lt;br&gt;
    &lt;input id="button" type="button"&gt;
    &lt;/body&gt;
&lt;/html&gt;
</code></pre>
