I have a table which refreshes every few seconds. On each row, I have a dropdown (from ui.bootstrap) which allows the user to perform actions on that row.

The issue is that upon getting new data from the DB, if the dropdown is open, it closes. This is quite annoying for the users.

I did originally just have separate buttons on the row to perform the actions, but I can see that the list of actions is likely to grow, so would like to move to a dropdown.

```
    <tbody ng-repeat="item in items">
        <tr>
            <td>{{item.name}}</td>
            <td>{{item.age}}</td>
            <td>
                <div class="btn-group" dropdown>
                    <button type="button" class="btn btn-sm btn-primary">Action</button>
                    <button type="button" class="btn btn-sm btn-primary" dropdown-toggle>
                        <span class="caret"></span>
                        <span class="sr-only">Split button!</span>
                    </button>
                    <ul class="dropdown-menu" role="menu">
                        <li><a>Edit</a>
                        </li>
                        <li><a href="#">Delete</a>
                        </li>
                        <li><a href="#">Something else here</a>
                        </li>
                        <li class="divider"></li>
                        <li><a href="#">Separated link</a>
                        </li>
                    </ul>
                </div>
            </td>
        </tr>
    </tbody>

```

I've done a plunkr to demonstrate [here](http://plnkr.co/edit/ohhEKBkPNCJT3fD7Nmle?p=preview), probably easier than be waffling on! If you click a dropdown and wait a few seconds, you'll see it disappear.

Any advise is very much appreciated.

**Edit**:
Thanks to **Denocle** for his answer, here... [plunkr](http://plnkr.co/edit/6vwBnmbsJQvDxHoxLJ70?p=preview)

...and also I've refined his method slightly without using IDs in the DOM, here... [plunkr](http://plnkr.co/edit/zyQUUqQwiCWxovr41QTD?p=preview)

Thanks for the help and comments.