SELECT selection of option(s) HTML 2.0

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SELECT

Purpose

selection of option(s)

Description

The SELECT element is used to create a list of items from which the user can select. The SELECT element is used in a FORM element and the options are defined by the OPTION element.

Start tag

Required <SELECT>

Attributes

Name	Type	Default	Comment
MULTIPLE	( MULTIPLE )	#IMPLIED	multiple selections allowed
NAME	CDATA	#REQUIRED	name of form datum
SDAFORM	CDATA	#FIXED "List"	one to one mapping; in support of transformation to the International Committee for Accessible Document Design DTD for usable access to structured information by print-impaired individuals
SDAPREF	CDATA	#FIXED "<LHead>Select #AttVal ( Multiple )</LHead>"	generated text prefix; in support of transformation to the International Committee for Accessible Document Design DTD for usable access to structured information by print-impaired individuals
SIZE	NUMBER	#IMPLIED	options displayed at a time

Content

( OPTION + ) -( INPUT | SELECT | TEXTAREA )

End tag

Required </SELECT>

Referenced in

FORM SELECT TEXTAREA

Example

Source

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<FORM Method="POST"
Action= "http://www.december.com/cgi-bin/formmail.secure.cgi">
<INPUT Type="hidden" Name="recipient" Value="nobody@december.com">
<p>Your Name: <INPUT Type="text" size="15" Name="user-name">
<P>Customer Number: <INPUT Type="number" size="10" Name= "customer-number">
<P>Shirt Size?
<INPUT Type="radio" Name="shirt-size" Value="S">S
<INPUT Type="radio" Name="shirt-size" Value="M">M
<INPUT Type="radio" Name="shirt-size" Value="L">L
<INPUT Type="radio" Name="shirt-size" Value="XL">XL
<P>What would you like?
<P><SELECT Name="would-like" size="2" multiple>
<OPTION>Order the product</OPTION>
<OPTION>Ask a question</OPTION>
<OPTION>Request a catalog</OPTION>
</SELECT>
<P>Your comments?<BR>
<TEXTAREA Name="comments" rows="4" cols="20"></TEXTAREA>
<P><INPUT Type="submit" Value="Send">
<INPUT Type="reset" Value="Cancel">
</FORM>