title: Click (mousedown) event of a select element
body: <p>I have an empty select element, I want to execute some code when that element is clicked on, but I do not want the dropdown list to appear, here is what I have found:</p>
  
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  <li>When I disabled the select element I cannot catch the mousedown event.</li>
  <li>When I enable the select element I can capture the mousedown event but the dropdown list appears.</li>
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  <p>For arguements sake what I want is to be able to click the select element, JavaScript to throw an alert box but I want to prevent the dropdown list from displaying.</p>
  
  <p>Thanks!</p>