18.6. Combo Boxes and List Boxes

A SELECT element presents a set of options to the user. If only a single entry can be selected and no visible size has been specified, the options are presented in a combo box (drop-down menu); list boxes are used when multiple selections are permitted or a specific visible size has been specified. The choices themselves are specified by OPTION entries embedded in the SELECT element. The typical format is as follows:

<SELECT NAME="Name" ...>
  <OPTION VALUE="Value1">Choice 1 Text
  <OPTION VALUE="Value2">Choice 2 Text
  ...
  <OPTION VALUE="ValueN">Choice N Text
</SELECT>

The HTML 4.0 specification suggests the use of OPTGROUP (with a single attribute of LABEL) to enclose OPTION elements to create cascading menus, but ...

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