How to select options overlapping an absolute positioned DIV?

Answer 1

This works (using jquery - should be called on the mouseover event):

var $select = $("select").blur();
if ($.browser.webkit) {
  $select.hide();
  setTimeout(function() {
    $select.show()
  }, 5);
}

blur seems to suffice in IE7-9 and FF. Webkit doesn't respect this (bugs are filed against this), so the solution seems to be to hide and show the select box quickly.