org.w3c.dom.html2

Interface HTMLSelectElement

public interface HTMLSelectElement extends HTMLElement

The select element allows the selection of an option. The contained options can be directly accessed through the select element as a collection. See the SELECT element definition in HTML 4.01.

Method Summary
void	add(HTMLElement element, HTMLElement before) Add a new element to the collection of `OPTION` elements for this `SELECT`.
void	blur() Removes keyboard focus from this element.
void	focus() Gives keyboard focus to this element.
boolean	getDisabled() The control is unavailable in this context.
HTMLFormElement	getForm() Returns the `FORM` element containing this control.
int	getLength() The number of options in this `SELECT`.
boolean	getMultiple() If true, multiple `OPTION` elements may be selected in this `SELECT`.
String	getName() Form control or object name when submitted with a form.
HTMLOptionsCollection	getOptions() The collection of `OPTION` elements contained by this element.
int	getSelectedIndex() The ordinal index of the selected option, starting from 0.
int	getSize() Number of visible rows.
int	getTabIndex() Index that represents the element's position in the tabbing order.
String	getType() The type of this form control.
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.
void	remove(int index) Remove an element from the collection of `OPTION` elements for this `SELECT`.
void	setDisabled(boolean disabled) The control is unavailable in this context.
void	setLength(int length) The number of options in this `SELECT`.
void	setMultiple(boolean multiple) If true, multiple `OPTION` elements may be selected in this `SELECT`.
void	setName(String name) Form control or object name when submitted with a form.
void	setSelectedIndex(int selectedIndex) The ordinal index of the selected option, starting from 0.
void	setSize(int size) Number of visible rows.
void	setTabIndex(int tabIndex) Index that represents the element's position in the tabbing order.
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.

Method Detail

add

public void add(HTMLElement element, HTMLElement before)

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.

blur

public void blur()

Removes keyboard focus from this element.

focus

public void focus()

Gives keyboard focus to this element.

getDisabled

public boolean getDisabled()

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

getForm

public HTMLFormElement getForm()

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

getLength

public int getLength()

The number of options in this SELECT.

getMultiple

public boolean getMultiple()

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

getName

public String getName()

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

getOptions

public HTMLOptionsCollection getOptions()

The collection of OPTION elements contained by this element.

getSelectedIndex

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.

getSize

public int getSize()

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

getTabIndex

public int getTabIndex()

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

getType

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.

getValue

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.

remove

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.

setDisabled

public void setDisabled(boolean disabled)

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

setLength

public void setLength(int length)

The number of options in this SELECT.

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