Detect if an HTML select element is expanded (without manually tracking state)

Question

I\'d like to detect if a drop down is expanded or not. I don\'t want to use extra event handlers for click/mouseover etc because the drop-downs are dynamic and for other rea

Answer 1

I looked into this before, for similar reasons. I could never find a solution other than trying to track it manually which really doesn't work. There are several ways to open/close a select (drop down) such as Alt+Dn Arrow. An open select will close if the user clicks on something outside the browser. Trying to keep track of the state of the select is an exercise in futility. Unless someone else comes along with something I missed on my hunt, you'll have to code around it as elegantly as you can.