title: Focus on select element also opens it: can that be prevented?
body: <p>Simple, two input interface using a table: each row shows a US state and then a sales tax value. The last row in the table has a dropdown for the state, and a textbox.</p>
  <p>When the user commits their entry, I add a row to the table, plug in the values, then I blank both of the controls for the next entry. (An ajax call writes the values to the database, but that's not relevant here.)</p>
  <p>The dropdown is first, so after the commit I'd like to put the focus on it, but when I do the dropdown opens. I need that to <em>not</em> happen.</p>
  <p>Can I put focus on the select control without it opening?</p>
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