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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>Auto-expand SELECT</title> <script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4.2/jquery.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> $(document).ready(function(){ $(document).ready(function () { $('select').focus(function () { $(this).attr("size", $(this).attr("expandto")); }); $('select').blur(function () { $(this).attr("size", 1); }); $('select option').click(function () { $(this).parent().attr("size", 1); $(this).parent().val(this.value); }); $('select').live('keypress', function (e) { var key = e.which; if (key == 13) </script> <style type="text/css"> select{position:absolute} .selectHolder{position:relative; height:45px} h4{margin:10px 0;} h5{margin:50px 0 0 0; text-align:center; font-weight:normal } </style> </head> <body> <div style="margin:30px auto; width:400px; border:1px #888 solid; padding:20px; background-color:#F8F4F0"> <h3 style="text-align:center">Tab In, To Open Select Box</h3><br/><br/> <form> <input style="width:230px" type="text" name="start" value="Start here then tab to next input" tabindex="1" /><br/><br/> <h4>One to Seven</h4> <div class="selectHolder"> <select class="select" size="1" expandto="7" tabindex="2"> <option value="1" selected="selected">One</option> <option value="2">Two</option> <option value="3">Three</option> <option value="4">Four</option> <option value="5">Five</option> <option value="6">Six</option> <option value="7">Seven</option> </select> </div> <h4>One to Ten</h4> <div class="selectHolder" > <select class="select" size="1" expandto="10" tabindex="3"> <option value="1" selected="selected">One</option> <option value="2">Two</option> <option value="3">Three</option> <option value="4">Four</option> <option value="5">Five</option> <option value="6">Six</option> <option value="7">Seven</option> <option value="8">Eight</option> <option value="9">Nine</option> <option value="10">Ten</option> </select> </div> <h4>One to Four</h4> <div class="selectHolder tab4"> <select class="select" size="1" expandto="4" tabindex="4"> <option value="1" selected="selected">One</option> <option value="2">Two</option> <option value="3">Three</option> <option value="4">Four</option> </select> </div> <h4>One to Dog</h4> <div class="selectHolder tab4"> <select class="select" size="1" expandto="5" tabindex="5"> <option value="1" selected="selected">One</option> <option value="2">BAT</option> <option value="3">BIRD</option> <option value="4">CAT</option> <option value="5">DOG</option> </select> </div> </form> </div> </body> </html>
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