SELECT

This tag is used in a selection list within a form. The OPTION tag is used to specify the items of the list. For example:

The programming language you are studying is: <SELECT MULTIPLE NAME="LINGO"> <OPTION VALUE="1">JAVA <OPTION VALUE="2">PERL <OPTION SELECTED VALUE="3">HTML </SELECT>

SELECT Attributes:

ACCESSKEY=" ... "

Assigns a key sequence to the element. That is, a letter is assigned that would activate that object. For example, you could assign the letter "I" to activate a link to the 'Index' page.

CLASS=" ... "

This attribute indicates the style 'class' applicable to the tag to which it has been assigned, the style 'class' being a function of a style sheet. For example, assume the style class 'relaxed' includes text with a font size of 8, and the style class 'active' includes text with a font size of 12. Using the CLASS="relaxed" attribute with a tag will cause the text within that tag to be displayed with a font size of 8. Using the CLASS="active" attribute with a tag will cause the text within that tag to be displayed with a font size of 12.

DATAFLD=" ... "

This attribute allows the selection, or identification, of a column of table data.

DISABLED

This attribute will disable access to the selection list.

ID=" ... "

The ID attribute is used to assign a unique ID selector (identification) to the tag in which it is invoked. A style may be assigned to that ID, which will effect only that one instance of the attribute.

MULTIPLE

This attribute allows more than one selection from the list at one time.

NAME=" ... "

This tag is used to mark a location within a document with a unique name. This named location can then be quickly moved to by means of a hyperlink using the HREF="#URL" attribute. Note the pound (#) sign before the URL. The pound sign used in this way indicates to the browser that the target location has been defined by the NAME=" ... " attribute.

READONLY

This attriute will disallow any changes to the input from the selection list.

SIZE="n"

This attribute defines the number of items which will be displayed in the selection list box. Scroll bars will automatically be used if neccessary.

STYLE=" ... "

Used to specify which style sheet commands to apply to the instance of the STYLE attribute invoked within the tag.

TABINDEX="n"

This attribute defines the 'tabbing order' of the document. For example, assume a document has ten fields, numbered one to ten, which require your input. The first field, with TABINDEX="1", is the active field. Pressing the tab key would move the cursor to TABINDEX="2", regardless of its physical location within the document.

TITLE=" ... "

The TITLE attribute is used to display a note or information in a popup window pertaining to the object to which it was assigned. The popup window is invoked by holding the mouse pointer over the object.

This tag also accepts the following Event Handlers: onAfterUpdate onBeforeUpdate onBlur onChage onClick onDblClick onDragStart onFocus onHelp onMouseDown onMouseUp onMouseOver onMouseMove onMouseOut onKeyPress onKeyDown onKeyUp onResize onRowEnter onRowExit onSelectStart