Dropdown menu bug in Google Chrome

There is a bug in Google Chrome. When you click on a dropdown menu you can use the keyboard to type the first character of the desired option in the menu. This way you don't have to go all the way down with your mouse to click on it.
However, when you are done selecting the desired option using your keyboard and you move the focus to another element in the web form, the dropdown menu resets. You have to make your selection all over again using the mouse.
This video illustrates the problem.

Tested on Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• bug
• google
• chrome
• dropdown
• menu
• focus
• select
• option

[rensdu]

Yeah, that is such an annoying bug. Especially when you have to fill in a lot of forms this slows down your work very much. It's all so frustrating!

[rensdj1987]

@rensdu Yes, it is. And it has been around since Google Chrome came out. I can't believe that it hasn't been fixed yet. Maybe we're the only people using the keyboard when filling in forms with dropdown menus?

[MisuVir]

Chrome 18.0.1025.39 beta still has this problem. I tried to switch over to Chrome again after a proper release of Adblock Plus, but this bug and the inability to block video ads sent me back to Firefox.

[kpmoore87]

Same for me!!! When will this be fixed? I use this all the time every day. I may go back to IE for this.

[PhanBoy]

this problem still exists for me as of writing this comment :\

[drahcir2381]

i have the same problem, i reported it