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From: "Mel Smith" <med_cutout_syntel@aol.com>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.javascript
Subject: <select> Drop-Down List not 'dropping'
Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2013 13:17:53 -0700
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Hi:

    I use JS functions in my client's browser to move thru several <input> 
and <select> fields.

    When I programmatically *set focus* to a <select> field, I wish its 
drop-down list to automagically 'drop down'.

    It does not do this until I 'click' on the <select> element first.

    (btw, I already set the background color of a 'focussed' field to pink, 
then 'onblur' I re-set the background to the default background color)

Question: Is there a programmatic way to 'drop-down' the <select> list as 
soon as it gains focus without clicking first.

Thank you.
-- 
Mel Smith