custom select editor that automatically opens

[argo]

Is there any way to have the select box automatically open as soon as the cell goes into edit mode?

Background:
I'm returning a custom <select> using code like the following in the editor function:

var $cell = ui.$cell;
var sel;
// code here to create <select> HTML code in the sel variable
$cell.html(sel);

The custom <select> does properly show up in the cell and is operational, but I need the <select> to be opened automatically as soon as the user enters edit mode. I've tried
$cell.find("select").trigger("click") but nothing happens.

[paramvir]

There is not a known consistent way to auto open a select list <select> across all browsers.

There is a related discussion here which might be useful to you.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2048213/open-select-using-javascript-jquery

[argo]

Thanks. I mistakenly thought it was a pqGrid issue. Sorry about that.