Html datalist open list onclick show list function

Question

Hello I'm searching for a solution that open the option list of a datalist by click on a button.

<input value="" list="default">
<i class="fa fa-caret-down innerinput" onclick="showList();"></i>

<datalist id="default">
  <option value="Internet Explorer">
  <option value="Firefox">
  <option value="Chrome">
  <option value="Opera">
  <option value="Safari">
</datalist>

Please refer to this fiddle link: http://jsfiddle.net/3zpco1xe/1/

[input][icon] -> icon show datalist options (function if you click into the input field)

Any solution for this?

The general idea to achieve this is we can programmtically(manually) trigger the HTML focus event or key up event on that input element that associates with that datalist. Here is a robust solution. Trigger html5 input datalist dropdown to show up — Deng Zhebin
– Deng Zhebin, Commented Oct 20, 2018 at 17:23

Saranga Jayaruwan · Accepted Answer · 2020-07-17 21:00:39Z

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Unfortunately there is no way to do that.

answered Jul 17, 2020 at 21:00

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GaganSailor · Accepted Answer · 2020-12-04 05:56:30Z

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Please Click on the icon to show the list. Hope this will help you.

function showList(v)
{  
    document.getElementById('dd').value='';
}

<input value="" list="default" id="dd" onclick="showList(this.value)">


<datalist id="default">
  <option value="Internet Explorer">
  <option value="Firefox">
  <option value="Chrome">
  <option value="Opera">
  <option value="Safari">
</datalist>

edited Dec 4, 2020 at 5:56

answered Nov 21, 2020 at 10:56

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Alexander Chereshnev · Accepted Answer · 2018-10-20 17:14:24Z

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try this

function showList(){
    cat = document.getElementById("default");
    cat.style.display = "block";
}

answered Oct 20, 2018 at 17:14

Alexander Chereshnev

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