Scriptaculous autocompleter: scrollbars in result div

[RidderGraniet]

Hi folks,

I'm trying to get the autocompleter to work as complete as possible.
I'm using Prototype 1.6.1 and script.aculo.us 1.8.2

The script works seemlessly except for one thing: when I try to use
the scrollbar of the results div, it almost immediately disappears,
because an onBlur event is triggered.

I've made a screencast to explain the situation: http://screenr.com/hzB

This problem exists in all major browsers...

I've read a few trac reports over at dev.rubyonrails.org about the
case, but they date back 3 years ago. I figured it should have been
fixed by now if that was reported back then. I tried to implement some
of the fixes proposed, but no success.

Does anyone have a clue to what this might be? Scrolling with the
scrollwheel and moving through the list with the arrow keys is no
problem.

[ironmonkey]

I actually have been encountering this problem for a year or more. I
updated to the latest versions of prototype (1.6.1) and scriptaculous
(1.8.3), but the problem still seems to exist. How this could have
made it past all those bug reports is baffling. I have found a few
links that you might find helpful, but, unfortunately, the resolution
still seems to involve hacking the existing code.

This guy seems to be on to something:
https://prototype.lighthouseapp.com/projects/8887/tickets/248-results-popup-from-ajaxautocompleter-disappear-when-user-clicks-on-scrollbars-in-ie6ie7