Can I open a dropdownlist using jQuery

Question

For this dropdownlist in HTML:

Country

I would lik

Answer 1

This should cover it:

 var event;
 event = document.createEvent('MouseEvents');
 event.initMouseEvent('mousedown', true, true, window);
 countries.dispatchEvent(event); //we use countries as it's referred to by ID - but this could be any JS element var

This could be bound for example to a keypress event, so when the element has focus the user can type and it will expand automatically...

--Context--

  modal.find("select").not("[readonly]").on("keypress", function(e) {

     if (e.keyCode == 13) {
         e.preventDefault();
         return false;
     }
     var event;
     event = document.createEvent('MouseEvents');
     event.initMouseEvent('mousedown', true, true, window);
     this.dispatchEvent(event);
 });