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Create a Drop-Down List .........................................

4 Type <select name=”?”,

replacing? with a descriptive

name for the list.

5 Type id=”?”, replacing?

with the value you used for

the attribute in Step 2.

6 Type >.

1 In your editor, open an HTML

page that contains a form.

2 Within the form, type

<label for=”?”>,

replacing? with the ID you

plan to use for the list.

3 Type label text and

</label>.

Create a Drop-Down List

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ou can create a drop-down list in HTML with a combination of the <select> tag and its child

<option> tags. The <select> tag contains the name and, if necessary, the ID. Each choice

within the drop-down is provided with an tag. The text that appears in the list is simply

the text within the tag. If you want to have a slightly different value be submitted to

the server from that which the user sees, you can optionally add a value attribute to the tag. A

select list can contain as many options as you need.

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