jQuery UI #8798
http://bugs.jqueryui.com/ticket/8798
by TJ VanToll
HTML
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.8.2.js"></script>
<!--
<link href="http://code.jquery.com/ui/1.9.1/themes/base/jquery-ui.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/ui/1.9.1/jquery-ui.js"></script>
-->
<link href="http://code.jquery.com/ui/jquery-ui-git.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/ui/jquery-ui-git.js"></script>
<p><a href="http://bugs.jqueryui.com/ticket/8798">jQuery UI #8798</a> - <code>tooltip</code> causes <code><select></code> to automatically close in IE. To recreate simply try to select an <code><option></code> in IE.</p>
<select title="Cool tooltip">
<option>A</option>
<option>B</option>
<option>C</option>
</select>
CSS
body { padding: 20px; }
p { line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 20px; }
JavaScript
$('select').tooltip();