Dynamic HTML: The Definitive Reference

Name

<SELECT> — NN all IE all HTML all

Synopsis

<SELECT>...</SELECT>

End Tag: Required

The SELECT element displays information from nested OPTION elements as either a scrolling list or pop-up menu in a document. Users typically make a selection from the list of items (or multiple selections from a scrolling list if the SIZE attribute is set greater than 1 and the MULTIPLE attribute is set). The VALUE attribute of the selected OPTION item is submitted as the value part of a name/value pair to the server with a form. Navigator requires that a SELECT element be placed inside a FORM element.

Example

<SELECT NAME="chapters">
    <OPTION VALUE="chap1.html">Chapter 1
    <OPTION VALUE="chap2.html">Chapter 2
    <OPTION VALUE="chap3.html">Chapter 3
    <OPTION VALUE="chap4.html">Chapter 4
</SELECT>

Object Model Reference

NN

[window.]document.formName.selectName

[window.]document.forms[i].elements[i]

IE

[window.]document.formName.selectName

[window.]document.forms[i].elements[i]

[window.]document.all.elementID

Attributes

ACCESSKEY	DATAFLD	ID	MULTIPLE	STYLE
ALIGN	DATASRC	LANG	NAME	TABINDEX
CLASS	DISABLED	LANGUAGE	SIZE

Event Handler Attributes

Handler	NN	IE	HTML
onAfterUpdate	n/a	4	n/a
onBeforeUpdate	n/a	4	n/a
onBlur	2	3	4
onChange	2	3	4
onClick	n/a	4	4
onDblClick	n/a	4	4
onDragStart	n/a	4	n/a
onFocus	2	3	4
onHelp	n/a	4	n/a
onKeyDown	n/a	4	4
onKeyPress	n/a	4	4
onKeyUp	n/a	4	4
onMouseDown	n/a	4	4
onMouseMove	n/a