<html> <head> <link rel="stylesheet" href="required/css/reset.css" type="text/css" media="screen" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="required/css/select.php?scope=.ui-select" type="text/css" media="screen" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="http://www.w3.org/StyleSheets/Core/Swiss" type="text/css"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="http://code.jquery.com/ui/1.9.2/themes/base/jquery-ui.css" /> <script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.8.3.js"></script> <script src="http://code.jquery.com/ui/1.9.2/jquery-ui.js"></script> <script> function topen(){ var $select = $('select').first(); $select.attr('size',$select.children().length); } function tclose(){ console.log('clicked'); var $select = $('select').first(); $select.attr('size',1); console.log($select.attr('size')); } //binde the click event $(document).ready(function(){ $('.ui-select a:first').click(function(){ $(this).parent().parent().find('select').first().attr('size',2).css('overflow','hidden'); }); }); </script> </head> <body> <div class="ui-select" style="position:relative;"> <span class="ui-spinner ui-widget ui-widget-content ui-corner-all" style="width:98px;height:22px;"> <span class="ui-helper-hidden-accessible"></span> <a class="ui-spinner-button ui-spinner-down ui-state-default ui-corner-right"> <span class="ui-button-text"><span class="ui-icon ui-icon-triangle-1-s"></span></span> </a> </span> <select onclick="tclose()" style="border:none;margin:2px;overflow:hidden"> <option>Option 1</option> <option>Option 2</option> </select> </div> </body> </html>