OPTION

Description

It represents one choice, and can take the following attributes. The contents of the Option element is presented to the user to represent the option.

Syntax

<OPTION
CLASS=Style Sheet class name
ID=value
LANGUAGE=JAVASCRIPT | JSCRIPT | VBSCRIPT | VBS
SELECTED
VALUE=value
event = script
>

Parameter

Description

CLASS

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

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.

SELECTED

Indicates that this option is initially selected.

VALUE

When present indicates the value to be returned if this option is chosen. The returned value defaults to the contents of the Option element.

event

Can be one or more of these events:
ondragstart
onselectstart

Example

<SELECT NAME="Products List" SIZE="1">
<option value="1" selected>PRODUCTS LIST</option>
<option value="2">Sothink HTML Editor </option>
<option value="3">COOLMENU</option>
<option value="4">COOLTEXT</option>
<option value="5">SLIDINGMENU</option>
<option value="6">COOLBUTTON</option>
</SELECT>

The code is rendered as:

 

Remarks

This element is a block element. The start tag is required, and the end tag is optional.

Related Topics

SELECT