title: mousedown event on options in select is not working in IE, Is there any workaround?
body: <p>This following code snippet is to avoid the need for ctrl-click in a multi-select box</p>
  
  <p>but it does not work in IE 8 . </p>
  
  <p>Is there any work around to achive the same in IE and other IE version?</p>
  
  <pre><code>$('option').mousedown(function(e) {
    e.preventDefault();
    $(this).prop('selected', !$(this).prop('selected'));
    return false;
  });
  </code></pre>