HyperText Markup Language/Tag List/select

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Use[edit | edit source]

This builds a List Box. Used for selecting a value from a list. This is to be used in relation with the option tag.

Example[edit | edit source]

<select name="animals">
  <option selected value="Bird">Bird</option>
  <option value="Reptile">Reptile</option>
  <option value="Mammal">Mammal</option>
</select>

Required attributes[edit | edit source]

name[edit | edit source]

Name of the value in the form.

Optional attributes[edit | edit source]

class[edit | edit source]

Associated CSS classes.

dir[edit | edit source]

The direction of the text. You can choose from "ltr" (left to right) or "rtl" (right to left).

disabled[edit | edit source]

Locks in the control so the user cannot modify the value in the list box.

id[edit | edit source]

A string that is in the webpage.

lang[edit | edit source]

The ISO language code that you want to use for the tag.

multiple[edit | edit source]

Allows the value tag to allow multiple selections.

size[edit | edit source]

The size of the list box. It is measured in either rows or as a percentage on the screen.

style[edit | edit source]

CSS commands.

tabindex[edit | edit source]

The order of the controls received by the form.

title[edit | edit source]

The title of the tag.

Standard attributes[edit | edit source]

More info[edit | edit source]

A link to a page with more info, then the name of the site the info came from (i.e. W3Schools).