Select2 open dropdown on focus

Question

I have a form with multiple text inputs and some select2 elements. Using the keyboard to tab between fields works fine - the Select2 element behaves like a form element and

Answer 1

I've had the problem which was two pronged:
1. In a form with multiple select2 elements, the dropdown won't open on tab, and you need to press space key to open it
2. Once you have made a selection, the tabindex won't be honored and you have to manually click on the next input field

While the usual suggestions worked, I came up with my own version, since a library script was doing the conversion of normal select to select2, and hence I had no control over this initialization.

Here is the code that worked for me.

Tab to open

$(document).on("focus", ".select2", function() {
    $(this).siblings("select").select2("open");
});

Move to next on selection

var inputs = $("input,select"); // You can use other elements such as textarea, button etc. 
                                //depending on input field types you have used
$("select").on("select2:close",function(){
    var pos = $(inputs).index(this) + 1;
    var next = $(inputs).eq(pos);
    setTimeout( function() {
        next.focus();
        if (next.siblings(".select2").length) { //If it's a select
            next.select2("open");
        }
    }, 500); //The delay is required to allow default events to occur
});

Hope this helps.