Interface HTMLSelectElement

public void add(HTMLElement element,
                HTMLElement before)
            throws DOMException

Add a new element to the collection of OPTION elements for this SELECT. This method is the equivalent of the appendChild method of the Node interface if the before parameter is null. It is equivalent to the insertBefore method on the parent of before in all other cases. This method may have no effect if the new element is not an OPTION or an OPTGROUP.

Parameters:

element - The element to add.

before - The element to insert before, or null for the tail of the list.

Throws:

DOMException - NOT_FOUND_ERR: Raised if before is not a descendant of the SELECT element.

public void blur()

Removes keyboard focus from this element.

public void focus()

Gives keyboard focus to this element.

public boolean getDisabled()

The control is unavailable in this context. See the disabled attribute definition in HTML 4.01.

public HTMLFormElement getForm()

Returns the FORM element containing this control. Returns null if this control is not within the context of a form.

public int getLength()

The number of options in this SELECT.

public boolean getMultiple()

If true, multiple OPTION elements may be selected in this SELECT. See the multiple attribute definition in HTML 4.01.

public String getName()

Form control or object name when submitted with a form. See the name attribute definition in HTML 4.01.

public HTMLOptionsCollection getOptions()

The collection of OPTION elements contained by this element.

public int getSelectedIndex()

The ordinal index of the selected option, starting from 0. The value -1 is returned if no element is selected. If multiple options are selected, the index of the first selected option is returned.

public int getSize()

Number of visible rows. See the size attribute definition in HTML 4.01.

public int getTabIndex()

Index that represents the element's position in the tabbing order. See the tabindex attribute definition in HTML 4.01.

public String getType()

The type of this form control. This is the string "select-multiple" when the multiple attribute is true and the string "select-one" when false.

public String getValue()

The current form control value (i.e. the value of the currently selected option), if multiple options are selected this is the value of the first selected option.

public void remove(int index)

Remove an element from the collection of OPTION elements for this SELECT. Does nothing if no element has the given index.

Parameters:

index - The index of the item to remove, starting from 0.

public void setDisabled(boolean disabled)

The control is unavailable in this context. See the disabled attribute definition in HTML 4.01.

public void setLength(int length)
            throws DOMException

The number of options in this SELECT.

Throws:

DOMException - NOT_SUPPORTED_ERR: if setting the length is not allowed by the implementation.

public void setMultiple(boolean multiple)

If true, multiple OPTION elements may be selected in this SELECT. See the multiple attribute definition in HTML 4.01.

public void setName(String name)

Form control or object name when submitted with a form. See the name attribute definition in HTML 4.01.

public void setSelectedIndex(int selectedIndex)

The ordinal index of the selected option, starting from 0. The value -1 is returned if no element is selected. If multiple options are selected, the index of the first selected option is returned.

public void setSize(int size)

Number of visible rows. See the size attribute definition in HTML 4.01.

public void setTabIndex(int tabIndex)

Index that represents the element's position in the tabbing order. See the tabindex attribute definition in HTML 4.01.

public void setValue(String value)

The current form control value (i.e. the value of the currently selected option), if multiple options are selected this is the value of the first selected option.