Mouseover option of select for IE

Question

I\'m using IE7. I want to have show a description in the page for each option in the select box when the mouse is over the option. So as starting I wrote the code which show

Answer 1

I would use a plugin of some kind (like this one) that is cross-browser compatible and manipulates ul's to look like a select dropdown.

Unfortunately IE dropped the ball on select elements and gives you little to no control of them.