The click event does not seem to work with a select element in IE

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Click trigger on select box doesn't work in jQuery

I am trying to do the following to simulate a click on a select element:

setTimeout(function () {
    $('#' + id).trigger('click');
}, 1000);

This works in Firefox but not IE. Is there some possible work around for IE?

what is your element id. I suspect its not valid html. The code you posted is fine for IE. — Fresheyeball, Aug 12 '12 at 16:29
Doesn't work in firefox either. You cannot emulate a click on a select element (as in, to make it open) — Esailija, Aug 12 '12 at 16:31
@Esailija - That might explain my problems. With my code the way it is I thought it was working. Do you happen to know if you can send any event to a select. For example a mouse event ? — , Aug 12 '12 at 16:33
@Anne You can't make it open by itself, sorry. And this doesn't work in firefox for me: http://jsfiddle.net/NmhwQ/2/ If that works for you in firefox then your firefox is different from mine. — Esailija, Aug 12 '12 at 16:35
Out of interest what's the end goal here? Are you trying to auto select a value from a drop-down? — Chris Moutray, Aug 12 '12 at 16:41

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 12 '12 at 16:33

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Try attaching your custom click event handler, before triggering the click event:

$('#' + id).bind('click', function() {
     alert('clicked');
});

answered Aug 12 '12 at 16:33

bpatel

This works but not what's needed. I would like to send a click event to the select to cause it to open. – Aug 12 '12 at 16:34

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