diff --git a/lib/javascript-static.js b/lib/javascript-static.js
index b8fc705b3ea..0273f41a6ab 100644
--- a/lib/javascript-static.js
+++ b/lib/javascript-static.js
@@ -376,30 +376,49 @@ M.util.init_select_autosubmit = function(Y, formid, selectid, nothing) {
             })();
             // Make sure we have the form
             if (form) {
+                var buttonflag = 0;
                 // Create a function to handle our change event
                 var processchange = function(e, paramobject) {
                     if ((nothing===false || select.get('value') != nothing) && paramobject.lastindex != select.get('selectedIndex')) {
-                        //prevent event bubbling and detach handlers to prevent multiple submissions caused by double clicking
-                        e.halt();
-                        paramobject.eventkeypress.detach();
-                        paramobject.eventblur.detach();
-                        paramobject.eventchangeorblur.detach();
-
-                        this.submit();
+                        // chrome doesn't pick up on a click when selecting an element in a select menu, so we use
+                        // the on change event to fire this function. This just checks to see if a button was
+                        // first pressed before redirecting to the appropriate page.
+                        if (Y.UA.os == 'windows' && Y.UA.chrome){
+                            if (buttonflag == 1) {
+                                buttonflag = 0;
+                                this.submit();
+                            }
+                        } else {
+                            this.submit();
+                        }
+                    }
+                    if (e.button == 1) {
+                        buttonflag = 1;
                     }
                 };
-                // Attach the change event to the keypress, blur, and click actions.
-                // We don't use the change event because IE fires it on every arrow up/down
-                // event.... usability
+
+                var changedown = function(e, paramobject) {
+                    if ((nothing===false || select.get('value') != nothing) && paramobject.lastindex != select.get('selectedIndex')) {
+                        if(e.keyCode == 13) {
+                            form.submit();
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+
                 var paramobject = new Object();
                 paramobject.lastindex = select.get('selectedIndex');
-                paramobject.eventkeypress = Y.on('key', processchange, select, 'press:13', form, paramobject);
-                paramobject.eventblur = select.on('blur', processchange, form, paramobject);
-                //little hack for chrome that need onChange event instead of onClick - see MDL-23224
-                if (Y.UA.webkit) {
-                    paramobject.eventchangeorblur = select.on('change', processchange, form, paramobject);
+                paramobject.eventchangeorblur = select.on('click', processchange, form, paramobject);
+                // Bad hack to circumvent problems with different browsers on different systems.
+                if (Y.UA.os == 'macintosh') {
+                    if(Y.UA.webkit) {
+                        paramobject.eventchangeorblur = select.on('change', processchange, form, paramobject);
+                    }
+                    paramobject.eventkeypress = Y.on('key', processchange, select, 'press:13', form, paramobject);
                 } else {
-                    paramobject.eventchangeorblur = select.on('click', processchange, form, paramobject);
+                    if(Y.UA.os == 'windows' && Y.UA.chrome) {
+                        paramobject.eventchangeorblur = select.on('change', processchange, form, paramobject);
+                    }
+                    paramobject.eventkeypress = Y.on('keydown', changedown, select, '', form, paramobject);
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -408,6 +427,9 @@ M.util.init_select_autosubmit = function(Y, formid, selectid, nothing) {
 
 /**
  * Attach handler to url_select
+ * Deprecated from 2.4 onwards.
+ * Please use @see init_select_autosubmit() for redirecting to a url (above).
+ * This function has accessability issues and also does not use the formid passed through as a parameter.
  */
 M.util.init_url_select = function(Y, formid, selectid, nothing) {
     YUI().use('node', function(Y) {
diff --git a/lib/outputrenderers.php b/lib/outputrenderers.php
index 28b8490a571..a02de148287 100644
--- a/lib/outputrenderers.php
+++ b/lib/outputrenderers.php
@@ -1490,7 +1490,7 @@ class core_renderer extends renderer_base {
             $go = html_writer::empty_tag('input', array('type'=>'submit', 'value'=>get_string('go')));
             $output .= html_writer::tag('noscript', html_writer::tag('div', $go), array('style'=>'inline'));
             $nothing = empty($select->nothing) ? false : key($select->nothing);
-            $output .= $this->page->requires->js_init_call('M.util.init_url_select', array($select->formid, $select->attributes['id'], $nothing));
+            $output .= $this->page->requires->js_init_call('M.util.init_select_autosubmit', array($select->formid, $select->attributes['id'], $nothing));
         } else {
             $output .= html_writer::empty_tag('input', array('type'=>'submit', 'value'=>$select->showbutton));
         }