open a select list in javascript

[eguthrie]

Is there a way to programmatically open a select list in javascript?

I have a javascript function that populates a select list with new options when the selectlist is first clicked. But then it closes the list, so the user has to click again to open the list to select an item.

To avoid the user having to click it twice, I would like to be able to programmatically open the select list after the list is populated.

Thanks.

 

[cLFlaVA]

why are you loading it when the select list is clicked? do it in some other manner.

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[BillyRayPreachersSon]

Opening a select element programatically is not something that can easily be done cross-browser. As cLFlaVA says, finding another time to populate it would be advisable - maybe onload?

Hope this helps,
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[eguthrie]

The same select list is contained in each of ~150 - 200 rows within a table. In order to reduce the size of the page, I don't want to populate the list for each row when the page is initially rendered. At the time the page is loaded, I only populate each list with only 1 selection -- the current selection applicable to the row.

When the user clicks the select list to select another option, that is when I populate with the other available options.