Programmatically open a drop-down menu

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How can you programmatically tell an HTML SELECT to drop down (for example, due to mouseover)

Is there a way to programmatically display/open a drop down menu (<select>)?

Answer 1

I'll often program in a series of <select>/<option> tags, but then replace it with jQuery to become an anchor than spawns a <div> when clicked, and the <div> contains a <ul> of the options. This allows for better styling, and can be quite keyboard accessible if you choose to program that in.

I mostly do it because my designer insists upon non-native form elements.