title: Is it possible to programmatically trigger a mobile device's native select popup?
body: <p>At least some phones show a native popup rather than the default dropdown when a select element is opened. Is there a way to manually trigger that selection popup from Javascript without actually using a select element?</p>
  
  <p>I've tried having a hidden select element and triggering a click event on it when I need the user to make a selection, but that doesn't seem to work.</p>
  
  <p>What does seem to work is to make the select transparent (<code>opacity: 0</code>) and overlaying it on top of the element that should trigger the selection popup. This however feels hacky, and requires otherwise unnecessary code to preserve hover/click functionality.</p>