The HTMLSelectElement.form
read-only property returns a HTMLFormElement
representing the form that this element is associated with. If the element is not associated with of a <form>
element, then it returns null
.
SyntaxEdit
aForm = aSelectElement.form.selectname;
ExampleEdit
HTML
<form action="http://www.google.com/search" method="get">
<label>Google: <input type="search" name="q"></label> <input type="submit" value="Search...">
</form>
Javascript
A property available on all form elements, "type" returns the type of the calling form element. For SELECT, the two possible values are "select-one
" or "select-multiple
", depending on the type of selection list. The below code gives all SELECT elements in a particular form a CSS class of "selectclass
":
<script type="text/javascript">
var form_element = document.getElementById('subscribe_form');
var vist = from_element.style;
if (vist.display=='' || vist.display=='none')
{
vist.display = 'block';
}
else
{
vist.display = 'none';
}
</script>
SpecificationsEdit
Specification | Status | Comment |
---|---|---|
WHATWG HTML Living Standard The definition of 'HTMLSelectElement' in that specification. |
Living Standard | No change since the latest snapshot, HTML5. |
HTML5 The definition of 'HTMLSelectElement' in that specification. |
Recommendation | Initial definition, snapshot of WHATWG HTML Living Standard. |
Browser compatibilityEdit
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