select <option> not catching mousedown event in IE and Chrome

[sso]

This is the code I am using to test this.  In FF and Op. When I click
on an option in the select box, the alert pops up.  In IE and Chrome,
it doesn't seem to catch it at all.

     $('.clickopt').mousedown(function(){
          alert("test");
     });

[Karl Swedberg-2]

don't know about Chrome, but IE doesn't support onmousedown for option elements:

from http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms536944%28VS.85%29.aspx ("onmousedown Event"):

Applies To

     A, ADDRESS, APPLET, AREA, B, BDO, BIG, BLOCKQUOTE, BODY, BUTTON, CAPTION, CENTER, CITE, CODE, CUSTOM, DD, DFN, DIR, DIV, DL, document, DT, EM, EMBED, FIELDSET, FONT, FORM, hn, HR, I, IMG, INPUT type=button, INPUT type=checkbox, INPUT type=file, INPUT type=image, INPUT type=password, INPUT type=radio, INPUT type=reset, INPUT type=submit, INPUT type=text, KBD, LABEL, LEGEND, LI, LISTING, MAP, MARQUEE, MENU, nextID, NOBR, OL, P, PLAINTEXT, PRE, RT, RUBY, S, SAMP, SELECT, SMALL, SPAN, STRIKE, STRONG, SUB, SUP, TABLE, TBODY, TD, TEXTAREA, TFOOT, TH, THEAD, TR, TT, U, UL, VAR, XMP, Element Constructor, HTMLDocument Constructor

No OPTION listed.

--Karl

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On Jul 2, 2009, at 9:59 AM, sso wrote:

This is the code I am using to test this.  In FF and Op. When I click
on an option in the select box, the alert pops up.  In IE and Chrome,
it doesn't seem to catch it at all.

    $('.clickopt').mousedown(function(){
         alert("test");
    });

[hydrarulz]

You need to catch the onchange event on the <select> element

On Jul 2, 4:59 pm, sso <strongsilent...@...> wrote:
> This is the code I am using to test this.  In FF and Op. When I click
> on an option in the select box, the alert pops up.  In IE and Chrome,
> it doesn't seem to catch it at all.
>
>      $('.clickopt').mousedown(function(){
>           alert("test");
>      });