Dropdown

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Explains option containment and shows wrapper-based parsing, but does not detail dropdown selection behavior.

As explained in Secrets of the JavaScript Ninja, Second Edition

An HTML element that provides a control for selecting among options.

A dropdown uses a select element to contain options. When converting an HTML string into DOM nodes, keep option markup inside a select; the parser uses a select wrapper for option fragments. section 12.1 section 12.1.1

<option>Yoshi</option>
<option>Kuma</option>
<table/>

This fragment shows option markup without its required select container. section 12.1.1

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Build a Website with ChatGPTA dropdown list is a selection-list interface that initially shows a compact field and reveals its available choices when activated.

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Related concepts

option elementhas part · An option element is an HTML element representing one selectable choice within a select control.
multiselectproduced by · A multiselect is a user-interface control that allows a user to select multiple options from a set or list.
Streamlitused by · Streamlit is an open-source Python framework for building interactive web applications, particularly for data and machine-learning applications.
web formpart of · A web form is a browser interface that groups controls for collecting structured user input and submitting it to an application or server.
iterableused by · An iterable is an object or value that provides or supports a protocol for producing its elements sequentially.

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