This is an IE-only problem. The Layout: .toolTip becomes visible when it’s parent div is hovered over. Inside of .toolTip is a select box. When the user opens the select box to make a selection, the parent element gets hidden. I`m using also position:absolute.
The solution
<!--[if IE]>
<style type="text/javascript">
jQuery(function($){
$('.toolTip select').focus(function(){
$(this).parents('.toolTip').addClass('keepOpen');
});
$('.toolTip select').blur(function(){
$(this).parents('.toolTip').removeClass('keepOpen');
});
$("a.closeParentBox").click(function(){
$(this).parents('.toolTip').fadeOut();
return false;
});
});
</script>
<![endif]-->