Open Select using Javascript/jQuery?
- by Newbie
Hello!
Is there a way to open a select box using Javascript (and jQuery)?
<select style="width:150px;">
<option value="1">1</option>
<option value="2">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nunc arcu nunc, rhoncus ac dignissim at, rhoncus ac tellus.</option>
<option value="3">3</option>
</select>
I have to open my select, cause of ie bug. All versions of IE (6,7,8) cut my options.
As far as I know, there is no css bugfix for this.
At the moment I try to do the following:
var original_width = 0;
var selected_val = false;
if (jQuery.browser.msie) {
$('select').click(function(){
if (selected_val == false){
if(original_width == 0)
original_width = $(this).width();
$(this).css({
'position' : 'absolute',
'width' : 'auto'
});
}else{
$(this).css({
'position' : 'relative',
'width' : original_width
});
selected_val = false;
}
});
$('select').blur(function(){
$(this).css({
'position' : 'relative',
'width' : original_width
});
});
$('select').blur(function(){
$(this).css({
'position' : 'relative',
'width' : original_width
});
});
$('select').change(function(){
$(this).css({
'position' : 'relative',
'width' : original_width
});
});
$('select option').click(function(){
$(this).css({
'position' : 'relative',
'width' : original_width
});
selected_val = true;
});
}
But clicking on my select the first time will change the width of the select but I have to click again to open it.
