Javascript to detect whether the dropdown of a select element is visible

Question

I have a select element in a form, and I want to display something only if the dropdown is not visible. Things I have tried:

• Watching for click events, where

Answer 1

here is how I would preferred to do it. focus and blur is where it is at.

    
        
    
    
        
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