SELECT
Description
The SELECT element defines a menu of a series of selectable
input in a FORM, each identified with the OPTION element.
At least one OPTION element is expected within the SELECT contents.
NAME is the symbolic name of the field
returned to the server on submission.
SIZE determines the number of OPTIONS physically visible
when the browser displays the FORM.
The default selection will be the first OPTION in the SELECT contents.
The MULTIPLE attribute, if present, allows multiple selections, and
causes no OPTION to be the default.
Minimum Attributes
<SELECT NAME="...">characters...
</SELECT>
All Possible Attributes
<SELECT NAME="..."
SIZE=value
MULTIPLE
LANG="..."
DIR=ltr|rtl
ID="..."
CLASS="..."
ALIGN=top|middle|bottom|left|right
DISABLED
ERROR="..."
SRC="..."
MD="..."
WIDTH=value
HEIGHT=value
UNITS=pixels|em>characters...
</SELECT>
Elements Allowed Within...
element
Note that the elements
are expressly prohibited by RFC 1866 from being nested
within the SELECT element content
Allowed In Content Of...
Variations
The ERROR attribute without a value was first introduced
in an early Version 2 proposal but is not in RFC 1866.
The LANG and DIR attributes are introduced with the
internationalization proposal.
Version 3 proposes the ALIGN, DISABLED,
ERROR (with a value), SRC, MD, WIDTH, HEIGHT, and UNITS attributes.
The Version 3 proposed DISABLED attribute would display this menu,
but prohibit user entry/modification.
The Version 3 proposed ERROR attribute defines text to be displayed
in the event that the current selections for this menu are invalid.
Version 3 proposes a SRC attribute to identify a URL for an image
to be displayed instead of the OPTION texts for this menu,
with each OPTION element identifying its "hotspot" on this image.
If SRC is present, the texts would only be used for non-graphical browsers.
All elements concerning FORM are Level 2.
