WML <select> Tag

The <select>...</select> WML elements are used to define a selection list and the <option>...</option> tags are used to define an item in a selection list. Items are presented as radio buttons in some WAP browsers. The <option>...</option> tag pair should be enclosed within the <select>...</select> tags.

Attributes:

This element supports the following attributes:

Attribute	Value	Description
iname	text	Names the variable that is set with the index result of the selection
ivalue	text	Sets the pre-selected option element
multiple	true false	Sets whether multiple items can be selected. Default is "false"
name	text	Names the variable that is set with the result of the selection
tabindex	number	Sets the tabbing position for the select element
title	text	Sets a title for the list
value	text	Sets the default value of the variable in the "name" attribute
xml:lang	language_code	Sets the language used in the element
class	class data	Sets a class name for the element.
id	element ID	A unique ID for the element.

Example:

Following is the example showing usage of this element.

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE wml PUBLIC "-//WAPFORUM//DTD WML 1.2//EN"
"http://www.wapforum.org/DTD/wml12.dtd">

<wml>

<card title="Selectable List">
<p> Select a Tutorial :
 <select>
  <option value="htm">HTML Tutorial</option>
  <option value="xml">XML Tutorial</option>
  <option value="wap">WAP Tutorial</option>
 </select>
</p>
</card>

</wml>

When you will load this program, it will show you the following screen:

Once you highlight and enter on the options, it will display the following screen:

You want to provide option to select multiple options, then set multiple attribute to true as follows:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE wml PUBLIC "-//WAPFORUM//DTD WML 1.2//EN"
"http://www.wapforum.org/DTD/wml12.dtd">

<wml>

<card title="Selectable List">
<p> Select a Tutorial :
 <select multiple="true">
  <option value="htm">HTML Tutorial</option>
  <option value="xml">XML Tutorial</option>
  <option value="wap">WAP Tutorial</option>
 </select>
</p>
</card>

</wml>

This will give you a screen to select multiple options as follows: