Opening tag : <SELECT>
Closing tag: </SELECT>

Purpose:
The Select Tag is used on forms to provide a selection for the user. Users can choose between a selection of options - the options are listed using the OPTION tag. Select can be used to create dropdown menus.

Attributes:
Disabled
- Blocks Input for the field

Multiple
- This allows more than one option to be selected.

Name=string
- Specifies a name for the selection. This represents the variable name to be passed with the form to scripts such as PHP.

Event=Javascript
- Allows events to be allocated to the select tags, and a javascript to run accordingly.

Size=#
- Number of lines included in the selection.

Tabindex=#
- Specifies the sequence fields will be visited by tabbing through the form.

Example:

<SELECT Name="selection">
<OPTION Selected>Option 1</OPTION>
<OPTION>Option 2</OPTION>
<OPTION>Option 3</OPTION>
</SELECT>

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