Auto-closing year/month drop-down

Hi there,

>>> What steps will reproduce the problem?
Test on this page the below scenario:
http://jqueryui.com/demos/datepicker/dropdown-month-year.html

>>> What is the expected output? 
I expect that when I open a drop-down list to have that drop-down opened at 
least until I select an item or I click somewhere else.

>>> What do you see instead?
The "target" is to select the year 1971.
Please follow these steps on the demo page to "accomplish" the target (link 
provided above):
1) click inside the textbox to display the datepicker;
2) click on the year drop-down list and select 2001;
3) click again on the year drop-down list; the drop-down appears and 
disappears, you cannot make a selection; 
4) click again on the year drop-down list and select 1991;
5) click again on the year drop-down list; the drop-down appears and 
disappears, you cannot make a selection; 
6) click again on the year drop-down list and select 1981;
7) click again on the year drop-down list; the drop-down appears and 
disappears, you cannot make a selection; 
8) click again on the year drop-down list and select 1971;

You-ll click 12 times to select the year 1971.

>>> What version of the datepicker are you using? 
http://jqueryui.com/demos/datepicker/dropdown-month-year.html

On what operating system? 
WinXP x86, Win7 x64

And Which Browser?
IE8

Original issue reported on code.google.com by leoi...@gmail.com on 3 May 2011 at 4:40

umair96 / jquery-datepicker

Auto-closing year/month drop-down #277