The onFocus event handler is fired when the focus is set on that particular select box.
<html>
<head>
<script language="JavaScript">
<!--
var counter = 0;
function sendAway(){
document.myForm.counter.focus();
document.myForm.counter.value = counter++;
}
-->
</script>
</head>
<body onLoad='sendAway()'>
<form name="myForm">
<select name="mySelect" multiple onFocus='sendAway()'>
<option value=A>AA</option>
<option value=B>BB</option>
<option value=C>CC</option>
<option value=D>DD</option>
</select>
<input type=TEXT size=2 value="" name="counter">
</form>
</body>
</html>