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
.
Syntax
aForm = aSelectElement.form.selectname;
Example
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 = form_element.style;
if (vist.display=='' || vist.display=='none')
{
vist.display = 'block';
}
else
{
vist.display = 'none';
}
</script>
Specifications
Specification | Status | Comment |
---|---|---|
HTML Living Standard The definition of 'form' in that specification. |
Living Standard | |
HTML5 The definition of 'HTMLSelectElement' in that specification. |
Recommendation | Initial definition, snapshot of HTML Living Standard. |
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