How to bind multiple pair of selector:event in jQuery ON method - jquery-selectors

Question

I m using jQuery 1.7+ latest .on method, but failed to implements, please help me.
working Fiddle.
basically here is my
HTML
<ul id="sortByRight" >
<li id="1">List</li>
<li id="2">Photo</li>
<li id="3">Map</li>
</ul>
<select name="sort" id="sort" >
<option value="1">Recommended</option>
<option value="2">Price: low to high</option>
<option value="3">Price: high to low </option>
<option value="4">Newest</option>
</select>
jQuery code
$(document).on('change click', 'ul#sortByRight,select#sort', function() {
selectedOption = $('select#sort').val();
whatToShow = $(this).attr('id');
alert('selectedOption:'+selectedOption+'whatToShow:'+whatToShow);
}
);
now I havebelow problems/queries.
can we bind one event with one selector i.e. above function should be called
EITHER on change of selectbox OR on click of ul.
how to set data argument in .on method. I have tried like below
$(document).on('change click', 'ul#sortByRight,select#sort',
{ selectedOption : $('select#sort').val(), whatToShow : $(this).attr('id') } ,
function(){console.log('selectedOption:'+selectedOption+'whatToShow:'+whatToShow);}
);
but get an error that selectedOption is not defined.
can we write something like this $(this, li); because I need the id of li not the id of selectbox.
if there is any other optimized solution ( using function like live or bind ), then please tell me.
Thanks A Lot.

Answer 1

I'm not 100% clear on what you actually want to do, but one thing doesn't make much sense. You want to send the ID of the LI when the select box is changed. Which LI? The last LI clicked? You need to store the state of the active LI so that you can send it in the ajax request if the select box is changed.
Perhaps something like this:
$('select#sort').change(function() {
processAjax();
});
$('ul#sortByRight > li > a').click(function() {
$(this).closest('ul').find('li').removeClass('active');
$(this).closest('li').addClass('active');
processAjax();
});
function processAjax() {
selectedOption = $('select#sort').val();
whatToShow = $('ul#sortByRight').find('.active').attr('id');
alert('selectedOption:' + selectedOption + 'whatToShow:' + whatToShow);
}
or check out the jsFiddle