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Summary

The select element is used to create a drop-down list. Used with option tags inside the select element to define the available options in the list.

Overview Table

DOM Interface	HTMLSelectElement

Examples

This example uses the SELECT element to create a drop-down list box.

<select name="Cats" size="1">
<option value="1">Calico
<option value="2">Tortie
<option value="3" selected>Siamese
</select>

This example uses the select element to create a multi-select list box by setting the SIZE and MULTIPLE attributes. To retrieve the selected options for a multi-select list box, iterate through the options collection and check to see where SELECTED is set to true.

<select id="oSelect" name="Cars" size="3" multiple>
<option value="1" selected>BMW
<option value="2">Porsche
<option value="3" selected>Mercedes
</select>

This example adds a new option to the end of the SELECT list created above. The new Option constructor can also be used in JScript.

<script language="JScript">
var oOption = document.createElement("OPTION");
oOption.text="Ferrari";
oOption.value="4";
oSelect.add(oOption);
</script>

Notes

Remarks

From Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 to Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, This element is a windowed control and does not support the z-index attribute or zIndex property. As of Windows Internet Explorer 7, this element is windowless and supports the z-index attribute and the zIndex property. The SELECT element does not require a strict doctype to enable windowless functionality.

Standards information

• Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 HTML Specification, Section 1.6.5
• HTML 4.01 Specification, Section 17.6

HTML information

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Compatibility

Desktop

Feature	Chrome	Firefox (Gecko)	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari
Basic support	?	?	?	?	?

Mobile

Feature	Android	BlackBerry	Chrome for mobile	Firefox Mobile (Gecko)	IE Mobile	Opera Mobile	Opera Mini	Safari Mobile
Basic support	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?

See also

Related pages (MSDN)

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Portions of this content come from the Microsoft Developer Network: [Windows Internet Explorer API reference Article]