JQuery/[removed] IE hover doesn't cover select box options?

Question

I have this bit of script to widen a text box on mouseover and shorten it on mouseoff.

The problem I am having is that Internet Explorer doesn\'t seem to extend it\'

Answer 1

Apparently IE doesn't consider the drop down bit part of the select element. It's doable, but it takes a bit of cheating with expando properties and blur/focus events to enable and disable the 'hide' effect to stop it kicking in when the mouse enters the drop-down part of the element.

Have a go with this:

$(function() {
    var expand   = function(){ $(this).width(600) }
    var contract = function(){ if (!this.noHide) $(this).width(50) }
    var focus    = function(){ this.noHide = true }
    var blur     = function(){ this.noHide = false; contract.call(this) }
    $('#TheSelect')
        .hover(expand, contract)
        .focus(focus)
        .click(focus)
        .blur(blur)
        .change(blur)
});

(Apologies if this isn't how one is supposed to use jQuery - I've never used it before :))