How to get Select box click event in Angular2

Question

I would like to get Select box click event in angular2. I don't want to get change event.

Ex:- Select box has two options(Male and Female), first i select male. Next time also i will select male only in this case changEvent will not help us.

Here i would like to get only selectEvent irrespective of the value change.

Answer 1

Are you setting the initial value to male in your component?

Example:

public gender: string = 'male';

Also see here:

Angular 2 Dropdown Options Default Value