klaus, how did u use timeout to prevent IE or Opera from firing change events...
Or, did u mean that, to achieve cross-browser consistency, u didn't listen for change events, rather chose to poll the select on an interval? -GTG On 8/3/07, Klaus Hartl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Ganeshji Marwaha wrote: > > i guess, as others have said, the browser will fire change events only > > when the select box loses focus for keyboard navigation. > > But don't code for this feature making that assumption, as i don't think > > this behavior is the same across all browsers. > > Either IE or FF (i can't remember which) fires change events during > keyboard navigation as well. Make sure u take that into consideration as > well. > > IE and Opera fire the change event immediatly during keyboard > navigation. To prevent that I used a timeout recently, just like > keypress for autocompletion. > > > --Klaus >