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HTML
<div>
<span>Click me</span>
<select id="ddr">
<option value="1" selected="selected">1</option>
<option value="2">1</option>
<option value="3">3</option>
<option value="4">4</option>
</select>
</div>
JavaScript
$('span').on('click', function () {
//$('select').focus().get(0).dispatchEvent(doClick());
var dropdown = $('select')[0];
event = document.createEvent('MouseEvents');
event.initMouseEvent('mousedown', true, true, window);
dropdown.dispatchEvent(event);
});