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HTML
<select onmousemove="showIETooltip();" onmouseout="hideIETooltip();">
<option title="Option #1" value="1">Option #1</option>
<option title="Option #2" value="2">Option #2</option>
<option title="Option #3" value="3">Option #3</option>
<option title="Option #4" value="4">Option #4</option>
<option title="Option #5" value="5">Option #5</option>
<option title="Option #6" value="6">Option #6</option>
<option title="Option #7" value="7">Option #7</option>
<option title="Option #8" value="8">Option #8</option>
<option title="Option #9" value="9">Option #9</option>
<option title="Option #10" value="10">Option #10</option>
</select>
<div id="dvDiv" style="display:none;position:absolute;padding:1px;border:1px solid #333333;;background-color:#fffedf;font-size:smaller;z-index:999;"></div>
<iframe id="frm" style="display:none;position:absolute;z-index:998"></iframe>
JavaScript
function showIETooltip(e){
if(!e){var e = window.event;}
var obj = e.srcElement;
var objHeight = obj.offsetHeight;
var optionCount = obj.options.length;
var eX = e.offsetX;
var eY = e.offsetY;
//vertical position within select will roughly give the moused over option...
var hoverOptionIndex = Math.floor(eY / (objHeight / optionCount));
var tooltip = document.getElementById('dvDiv');
tooltip.innerHTML = obj.options[hoverOptionIndex].title;
mouseX=e.pageX?e.pageX:e.clientX;
mouseY=e.pageY?e.pageY:e.clientY;
tooltip.style.left=mouseX+10;
tooltip.style.top=mouseY;
tooltip.style.display = 'block';
var frm = document.getElementById("frm");
frm.style.left = tooltip.style.left;
frm.style.top = tooltip.style.top;
frm.style.height = tooltip.offsetHeight;
frm.style.width = tooltip.offsetWidth;
frm.style.display = "block";
}
function hideIETooltip(e){
var tooltip = document.getElementById('dvDiv');
var iFrm = document.getElementById('frm');
tooltip.innerHTML = '';
tooltip.style.display = 'none';
iFrm.style.display = 'none';
}