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<h2>Example</h2>

<table class="ex" cellspacing="0" border="1" width="100%" cellpadding="3">
  <tr>
    <th align="left" width="80%">Source</th>
    <th align="left" width="20%">Output</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td valign="top">&lt;select&gt;<br />
      &lt;option value =&quot;volvo&quot;&gt;Volvo&lt;/option&gt;<br />
      &lt;option value =&quot;saab&quot;&gt;Saab&lt;/option&gt;<br />
      &lt;option value =&quot;opel&quot; selected=&quot;selected&quot;&gt;Opel&lt;/option&gt;<br />
      &lt;option value =&quot;audi&quot;&gt;Audi&lt;/option&gt;<br />
      &lt;/select&gt;</td>
    <td valign="top"><select>
        <option value="volvo">Volvo</option>
        <option value="saab">Saab</option>
        <option value="opel" selected="selected">Opel</option>
        <option value="audi">Audi</option>
      </select></td>
  </tr>
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<h2>Optional Attributes</h2>

<p><b>DTD</b> indicates in which <a href="tag_doctype.asp">DTD</a> the attribute is 
allowed. S=Strict, T=Transitional, and F=Frameset.</p>

<table class="ex" cellspacing="0" border="1" width="100%" cellpadding="3">
  <tr>
    <th align="left" width="20%">Attribute</th>
    <th align="left" width="20%">Value</th>
    <th align="left" width="55%">Description</th>
    <th align="left" width="5%">DTD</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td valign="top">disabled</td>
    <td valign="top">disabled</td>
    <td valign="top">Specifies that the option should be disabled when it first 
    loads</td>
    <td valign="top">STF</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td valign="top">label</td>
    <td valign="top">text</td>
    <td valign="top">Defines a label to use when using &lt;optgroup&gt;</td>
    <td valign="top">STF</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td valign="top">selected</td>
    <td valign="top">selected</td>
    <td valign="top">Specifies that the option should appear selected (will be 
    displayed first in the list)</td>
    <td valign="top">STF</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td valign="top">value</td>
    <td valign="top">text</td>
    <td valign="top">Defines the value of the option to be sent to the 
    server</td>
    <td valign="top">STF</td>
  </tr>
  </table>
<h2>Standard Attributes</h2>

<table class="ex" cellspacing="0" border="1" width="100%" cellpadding="3"> 
  <tr>
    <td valign="top">id, class, title, style, dir, lang, xml:lang, tabindex</td>
  </tr>
</table>

<p>For a full description, go to <a href="ref_standardattributes.asp">Standard
Attributes</a>.</p>

<h2>Event Attributes</h2>
<table class="ex" cellspacing="0" border="1" width="100%" cellpadding="3"> 
  <tr>
    <td valign="top">onclick, ondblclick, onmousedown, onmouseup, onmouseover, onmousemove, onmouseout, onkeypress, onkeydown, onkeyup</td>
  </tr>
</table>
<p>For a full description, go to <a href="ref_eventattributes.asp">Event Attributes</a>.</p>

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<h2>Try-It-Yourself Demos</h2>
<p>
<a target="_blank" href="tryit.asp@filename=tryhtml_select2">Simple drop down box</a><br />
How to create a simple drop-down box on an HTML page. A drop-down box is a 
selectable list.</p>
<p>
<a target="_blank" href="tryit.asp@filename=tryhtml_select3">Another drop down box</a><br />
How to create a simple drop-down box with a pre-selected value.</p>
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