[thelist] Urgent HELP: [ADVANCED] How to prevent focus in a Combo Box (<select> tag) using JS?

Christian Heilmann codepo8 at gmail.com
Tue Aug 30 08:20:45 CDT 2005


> The result was not satisfactory :(.   The combo box still gains focus
> for about 100ms or so and blurs... This means that the options are
> listed for a while and disappear. This really frustrates the user if
> suddenly a big list appears and disappears.

My guess is that the server is just not quick enough to render the
box. Clear the options and only reapply them when the box was set.
Long select boxes are a usability nightmare no matter how fancy the
interface is.



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