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DropDown Element - #dropdown {}

The dropdown element produces an HTML dropdown.

Usage

   #dropdown { id=dropdown1, value="2", options=[
     #option { text="Option 1", value="1" },
     #option { text="Option 2", value="2" },
     #option { text="Option 3", value="3" }
   ]}

Attributes

• options (list of option elements or {Value, Text} tuple) - Set the available options for this dropdown.

• html_encode (boolean) - Set to true to safely html-encode the options' text.

• postback (Erlang term) - If set, selecting an option will automatically initiate a Nitrogen postback with the supplied term.

• value (string) - If set, the option matching this value will be selected by default.

• html_name (string) - The name attribute of the dropdownbox

See Also

• base element
• option element
• button element
• textbox element
• password element
• textarea element
• checkbox element