HTML5: select – option-selection form control

HTML 5: The Markup Language (ARIA Edition)

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select – option-selection form control # T

The select element represents a control for selecting among a list of options.

Content model #

select = optgroup * & option * & select.attrs

Attribute model #

select.attrs = common.attrs & name ? & disabled ? & form ? & size ? & multiple ?

Element-specific attributes #

size = integer.positive: The number of options to show to the user.
multiple = "multiple" | "": If present, indicates that its select element represents a control for selecting zero or more options from a list of options.; If not present, indicates that its select element represents a control for selecting a single option from a list of options.

Assertions #

The interactive element “select” must not appear as a descendant of the “a” element.
The interactive element “select” must not appear as a descendant of the “button” element.
Any “select” descendant of a “label” element with a “for” attribute must have an ID value that matches that “for” attribute.
The “select” element cannot have more than one selected “option” descendant unless the “multiple” attribute is specified.

Tag omission #

A select element must have both a start tag and an end tag.

Permitted contexts #

common.elem.phrasing

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