select lists and jQuery UI tooltips
HTML
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://code.jquery.com/ui/1.9.1/themes/base/jquery-ui.css">
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/ui/1.9.1/jquery-ui.js"></script>
<div>
<h4>Default behaviours</h4>
<select>
<option title=""></option>
<option title="1">1</option>
<option title="2">2</option>
<option title="3">3</option>
<option title="4">4</option>
</select>
<select multiple>
<option title=""></option>
<option title="1">1</option>
<option title="2">2</option>
<option title="3">3</option>
<option title="4">4</option>
</select>
</div>
<div>
<h4 class='' title='Tests with jQuery UI Tooltips applied'>jQuery UI tooltips</h4>
<select class=''>
<option title=""></option>
<option title="1">1</option>
<option title="2">2</option>
<option title="3">3</option>
<option title="4">4</option>
</select>
<select multiple class='uitip' title='has tooltips'>
<option title=""></option>
<option title="1">1</option>
<option title="2">2</option>
<option title="3">3</option>
<option title="4">4</option>
</select>
</div>
JavaScript
$('.uitip').tooltip();