Change size of select, on change event crashes IE

[jbicks@…]

When you try to change the size attribute of a select in the change event, in IE the browser becomes unresponsive. Tested in IE 9 - 11 and in jQuery 1.6 +

  $('select').change(function(){
        $(this).attr('size',1);
    });

​http://jsfiddle.net/5LJmE/9/

[dmethvin]

This occurs without jQuery: ​http://jsfiddle.net/5LJmE/11/

I don't see a reasonable way to fix it, given that it's a crash it's probably something Microsoft will need to fix.

Reported to Microsoft here:

​https://connect.microsoft.com/IE/feedback/details/816638/crash-when-changing-size-of-select-element