Trigger click on select box on hover

Question

I\'m trying to have a select box automatically pop open when the use hovers over it, as if they had clicked it. Is this possible?

I would think I could

Answer 1

It's been a while but there is a solution I don't see here, using hover to change the length of select :

$('select').hover(function() {

  $(this).attr('size', $('option').length);
}, function() {

  $(this).attr('size', 1);
});

http://codepen.io/anon/pen/avdavQ

And here's a pen where it's a bit more than the bare necessity and has some styling :

Demo