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HTML

<select>
    <option>nothing</option>
    <option>something</option>
    <option>anything</option>
</select>

JavaScript

var element = $("select")[0], worked = false;
if (document.createEvent) {
    var e = document.createEvent("MouseEvents");
    e.initMouseEvent("mousedown", true, true, window, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, false, false, false, false, 0, null);
    worked = element.dispatchEvent(e);
} else if (element.fireEvent) {
    worked = element.fireEvent("onmousedown");
}
if (!worked) {
    alert("It didn't worked in your browser.");
}