<datalist>: The HTML Data List element

The HTML <datalist> element contains a set of <option> elements that represent the permissible or recommended options available to choose from within other controls.

Content categories	Flow content, phrasing content.
Permitted content	Either phrasing content or zero or more `<option>` elements.
Tag omission	None, both the starting and ending tag are mandatory.
Permitted parents	Any element that accepts phrasing content.
Implicit ARIA role	listbox
Permitted ARIA roles	No `role` permitted
DOM interface	`HTMLDataListElement`

Attributes

This element has no other attributes than the global attributes, common to all elements.

Examples

<label for="myBrowser">Choose a browser from this list:</label>
<input list="browsers" id="myBrowser" name="myBrowser" />
<datalist id="browsers">
  <option value="Chrome">
  <option value="Firefox">
  <option value="Internet Explorer">
  <option value="Opera">
  <option value="Safari">
  <option value="Microsoft Edge">
</datalist>

Result

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
HTML Living Standard The definition of '<datalist>' in that specification.	Living Standard
HTML5 The definition of '<datalist>' in that specification.	Recommendation

Browser compatibility

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	Desktop						Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari	Android webview	Chrome for Android	Firefox for Android	Opera for Android	Safari on iOS	Samsung Internet
`datalist`	Chrome Full support 20	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support 4	IE Full support 10	Opera Full support 9.5	Safari Full support 12.1	WebView Android Full support 4.4.3	Chrome Android Full support 33	Firefox Android Full support 4	Opera Android Partial support Partial Notes Partial support Partial Notes Notes The dropdown menu containing available options does not appear in Opera for Android.	Safari iOS Full support 12.2	Samsung Internet Android Full support 2.0

Legend

Full support: Full support
Partial support: Partial support
See implementation notes.: See implementation notes.

Polyfill

Include this polyfill to provide support for older and currently incompatible browsers:
datalist-polyfill