<select></select>

<select> Description:

The <select> tag creates drop-down lists in XHTML forms.

<select> Web Browser Support:

• Netscape 2, 3, 4, 6, 7
• Mozilla 1
• Internet Explorer 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
• Opera 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
• Safari 1
• WebTV/MSN TV
• AvantGo Palm OS
• AvantGo Windows CE
• HTML 3.2, 4.0
• XHTML 1.0: XHTML Basic Forms Module, XHTML Intrinsic Events Module, XHTML Forms Module - Modular XHTML Elements

<select> Attributes:

• autoactivate (optional) (WebTV/MSN TV)
• bgcolor (optional)
• class (optional)
• dir (optional)
• disabled (optional)
• id (optional)
• lang (optional)
• multiple (optional)
• name (optional)
• onblur (optional)
• onchange (optional)
• onclick (optional)
• ondblclick (optional)
• onfocus (optional)
• onkeydown (optional)
• onkeypress (optional)

• onkeyup (optional)
• onmousedown (optional)
• onmousemove (optional)
• onmouseout (optional)
• onmouseover (optional)
• onmouseup (optional)
• onselect (optional)
• selcolor (optional)
• size (optional)
• style (optional)
• tabindex (optional)
• text (optional)
• title (optional)
• usestyle (optional)

<select> End Tag:

</select> REQUIRED

<select> Contents:

<option> text. Only the following tag is valid within the <select> tag:

• option

<select> Valid Context:

The <select> tag is valid within the following tags:
a, acronym, address, applet, b, bdo, big, blockquote, body, caption, center, cite, code, dd, del, dfn, div, dt, em, fieldset, font, form, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, i, iframe, ins, kbd, label, legend, li, noframes, noscript, object, p, pre, q, s, samp, small, span, strike, strong, sub, sup, td, th, tt, u, var

<select> Usage:

• basic select list
  

  <form>
  <select name="list">
  <option>Name your favorite pet
  <option>dog
  <option>cat
  <option>rabbit
  </select>
  </form>

• multiple select list
  

  <form>
  <select name="list" multiple size="3">
  <option>Name your favorite pet
  <option>dog
  <option>cat
  <option>rabbit
  </select>
  </form>

<select> Special Notes:

• Use the select list to keep larger lists of choices more readily available.
• Items that are hidden in a select list are less usable, becuase your readers are less likely to see them.

More <select> Information:

• <option></option>
• <optgroup></optgroup>
• XHTML Form Tags/Elements

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