SELECT

Description

It allows the user to choose one of a set of alternatives described by textual labels.

Syntax

<SELECT
ACCESSKEY=key
ALIGN=ABSBOTTOM | ABSMIDDLE | BASELINE | BOTTOM | LEFT | MIDDLE | RIGHT | TEXTTOP | TOP
CLASS=classname
DATAFLD=colname
DATASRC=#ID
DISABLED
ID=value
LANG=language
LANGUAGE=JAVASCRIPT | JSCRIPT | VBSCRIPT | VBS
MULTIPLE
NAME=name
SIZE=n
STYLE=css1-properties
TABINDEX=n
event = script
>

Parameter

Description

ACCESSKEY

Specifies an accelerator for the element. Pressing alt-key selects this element in the user's browser.

ALIGN

Specifies the alignment for the control-like element.

CLASS

Specifies the class of the tag being defined. This is used to associate a sub-classed style sheet with the tag.

DATAFLD

The column name from the data source object that supplies the bound data.

DATASRC

Indicates the ID of the data source object that supplies the data that is bound to this element.

DISABLED

Used to disable an element. This attribute prevents an element from receiving the focus, and causes the element to appear "grayed out."

ID

An SGML identifier used as the target for hypertext links or for naming particular elements in associated style sheets. Valid ID values must begin with a letter. The underbar character, "_", may be used in the ID name. The ID should be unique throughout the scope of the document. If more than one object with the same identifier exists in a document, a collection of those named items is created that can only be referenced by ordinal position.

LANG

Specifies which language to use in ISO standard language abbreviation form.

LANGUAGE

Specifies the language the current script is written in and invokes the proper scripting engine. The default value is JAVASCRIPT.
JAVASCRIPT, JSCRIPT-- The scripting language is written in JavaScript.
VBS, VBSCRIPT-- The scripting language is written in VBScript.

MULTIPLE

Indicates that multiple items in the list can be selected.

NAME

Specifies the name of the control, bookmark, or application.

SIZE

Specifies the size of the control.

STYLE

Specifies an in-line style sheet for the tag.

TABINDEX

Sets the tab order position for the object.

event

Can be one or more of these events:
onafterupdate
onbeforeupdate
onblur
onchange
onclick
ondblclick
ondragstart
onfocus
onhelp
onkeydown
onkeypress
onkeyup
onmousedown
onmousemove
onmouseout
onmouseover
onmouseup
onresize
onrowenter
onrowexit
onselectstart

Example

<SELECT NAME="Choice">
<OPTION>Sothink
<OPTION>Coolbutton
<OPTION>Coolmenu
<OPTION>Cooltext
<OPTION>Slidingmenu
<OPTION SELECTED>.......
</SELECT>

Remarks

Both the start and end tags are required.

Related Topics

OPTION