Expected behavior Html Select element should update selected option

Actual behavior Html Select element never changes selected option

Resources (screenshots, code snippets etc.) If you navigate to the documentation on the Select element at https://mdbootstrap.com/docs/jquery/forms/select/ Select an option of any of the mdbSelects, the visible < ul > element gets updated but the underlying < select > element never changes.

How do you retrieve the correct selected option of the < select > element?