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How to scroll to the selected option on click of a button?

When I click on the focus button I want the select box to automatically scroll and then show the selected option.I am unable to achieve it using focus. Is there any javascript or jQuery method which can help me fix this ?

    <!DOCTYPE html>
    <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
    <head>
        <title></title>
        <script src="Scripts/jquery-2.1.4.js"></script>
        <script>
            $(document).ready(function () {
                $("#focus").click(function () {
                    $("select#selectId").find(":selected").focus();
                });
            });
        </script>
    </head>
    <body>
        <select title="Title" id="selectId" style="width: 143px; height: 125px; overflow: scroll;" multiple="multiple">
        <option  value="1">1 </option>
        <option  value="2">2 </option>
        <option  value="3">3</option>
        <option  value="4">4</option>
        <option  value="5">5</option>
        <option  value="6">6</option>
        <option  value="7">7</option>
        <option  value="8">8</option>
        <option  value="9">9</option>
        <option  value="10">10</option>
        <option  value="11">11</option>
        <option  value="12">12</option>
        <option  value="13">13</option>
        <option  value="14">14</option>
        <option  value="15">15</option>
        <option  value="16">16</option>
        <option  value="17">17</option>
        <option  value="18">18</option>
        <option  value="19">19</option>
        <option  value="20">20</option>
        <option  value="21">21</option>
        <option  value="22">22</option>
        <option  value="23">23</option>
        <option  value="24">24</option>
        <option  value="25">25</option>
        <option  value="26">26</option>
        <option  value="27">27</option>
        <option  value="28">28</option>
        <option  value="31">31</option></select>
        <button type="button" id="focus">focus on selected</button>
    </body>
    </html>
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Karthik Avatar asked Feb 09 '23 16:02

Karthik


1 Answers

You can use scrollIntoView() DOM method:

$(document).ready(function () {
    $("#focus").click(function () {
        $("#selectId").focus().find(":selected")[0].scrollIntoView();
    });
});

EDIT: doesn't work on IE11 (other vs???)

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A. Wolff Avatar answered Feb 11 '23 13:02

A. Wolff