HyperText Markup Language/Tag List/select

Use

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

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

Required attributes

name

Name of the value in the form.

Optional attributes

class

Associated CSS classes.

dir

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

disabled

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

id

A string that is in the webpage.

lang

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

multiple

Allows the value tag to allow multiple selections.

size

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

style

CSS commands.

tabindex

The order of the controls received by the form.

title

The title of the tag.

Standard attributes

• name

More info

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