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Attributes for <SELECT ...>
onFocus = "script command(s)"
onBlur = "script command(s)"

Usage Recommendation
use it, but don't rely on it

onFocus and onBlur for onFocus work identically as for <INPUT onFocus="...">, so we won't dwell on them long. Let us just reiterate that the most common use for these events, that of changing the status bar, is generally annoying and is a bad idea. 

<SELECT
    NAME="size"
    onFocus = "window.status='What Size Pizza?'"
    onBlur = "window.status=window.defaultStatus"
    >
<OPTION VALUE="s">small
<OPTION VALUE="m">medium
<OPTION VALUE="l">large
</SELECT>

which gives us

pizza size:
phone number:

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