HTML & XHTML Pocket Reference, 4th Edition

Name

select — HTML 4.01 | HTML5

Synopsis

<select> . . . </select>

Defines a multiple-choice menu or a scrolling list. It is a container for one or more option or optgroup elements.

Start/End Tags

Required/Required

Attributes

Core, Internationalization, Events; plus onfocus, onblur, onchange, HTML5 Global Attributes

autofocus (autofocus="autofocus" in XHTML)

HTML5 only. Indicates the control should have focus (be highlighted and ready for user input) when the document loads.

disabled (disabled="disabled" in XHTML)

Indicates that the select element is initially nonfunctional. It can be reactivated with a script.

form="id of the form owner"

HTML5 only. Explicitly associates the input control with its associated form (its form owner). With this method, the input control does not need to be a child of the form element that applies to it.

multiple (multiple="multiple" in XHTML)

Allows the user to select more than one option from the list. When this attribute is absent, only single selections are allowed.

name="text"

Required. Defines the name for the select control. When the form is submitted to the form-processing application, this name is sent along with each selected option value.

size="number"

Specifies the number of rows that display in the list of options. For values higher than 1, the options are displayed as a scrolling list with the specified number of options visible. When size="1" is specified, the list is displayed as a pop-up menu.

The default value is 1 when multiple is not used. When multiple ...