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

Keep track of the state using a JavaScript varialbe. We'll call it "openX".

onfocus="openX=true" onblur="openX=false" onchange="openX=false"