I have an asp.net listbox and I'm using the [jquery chosen plugin](http://harvesthq.github.io/chosen/).
The data-placeholder value doesn't seem to always work with list boxes.
For instance see the image:

![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/n0mb2.png)

Notice the list box for `Region` it says "Select Re" then it stops...its quite random look at the list box for city that works fine. But look at the list box for country it is supposed to say `Select Country...` but it shows `Select Country..` (missing the last period). My listbox control's asp.net markup is as such:

```
<asp:ListBox ID="lbRegion" AutoPostBack="true" runat="server" class="chosen-select"
             data-placeholder="Select Region..." SelectionMode="Multiple"
             OnSelectedIndexChanged="lbRegion_OnSelectedIndexChanged" ToolTip="Select Region...">
</asp:ListBox>

```

I've tried re-creating it, etc...but to no avail. What gives? 

Here's my jquery that includes the class for chosen:

```
$(".chosen-select").chosen({
            search_contains: true,
            no_results_text: "Oops, nothing found!",
            allow_single_deselect: true
        });
        $('.chosen-container').css('width', '200px');

```