All Superinterfaces:

Element, HTMLElement, Node
```
public interface HTMLSelectElement
extends HTMLElement
```
The select element allows the selection of an option. The contained options can be directly accessed through the select element as a collection. See the SELECT element definition in HTML 4.0.
See also the Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 Specification.

Since:

1.4, DOM Level 2

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`add(HTMLElement element, HTMLElement before)`	Add a new element to the collection of `OPTION` elements for this `SELECT` .
`void`	`blur()`	Removes keyboard focus from this element.
`void`	`focus()`	Gives keyboard focus to this element.
`boolean`	`getDisabled()`	The control is unavailable in this context.
`HTMLFormElement`	`getForm()`	Returns the `FORM` element containing this control.
`int`	`getLength()`	The number of options in this `SELECT` .
`boolean`	`getMultiple()`	If true, multiple `OPTION` elements may be selected in this `SELECT` .
`String`	`getName()`	Form control or object name when submitted with a form.
`HTMLCollection`	`getOptions()`	The collection of `OPTION` elements contained by this element.
`int`	`getSelectedIndex()`	The ordinal index of the selected option, starting from 0.
`int`	`getSize()`	Number of visible rows.
`int`	`getTabIndex()`	Index that represents the element's position in the tabbing order.
`String`	`getType()`	The type of this form control.
`String`	`getValue()`	The current form control value.
`void`	`remove(int index)`	Remove an element from the collection of `OPTION` elements for this `SELECT` .
`void`	`setDisabled(boolean disabled)`
`void`	`setMultiple(boolean multiple)`
`void`	`setName(String name)`
`void`	`setSelectedIndex(int selectedIndex)`
`void`	`setSize(int size)`
`void`	`setTabIndex(int tabIndex)`
`void`	`setValue(String value)`

Methods declared in interface org.w3c.dom.Element
getAttribute, getAttributeNode, getAttributeNodeNS, getAttributeNS, getElementsByTagName, getElementsByTagNameNS, getSchemaTypeInfo, getTagName, hasAttribute, hasAttributeNS, removeAttribute, removeAttributeNode, removeAttributeNS, setAttribute, setAttributeNode, setAttributeNodeNS, setAttributeNS, setIdAttribute, setIdAttributeNode, setIdAttributeNS

Methods declared in interface org.w3c.dom.html.HTMLElement
getClassName, getDir, getId, getLang, getTitle, setClassName, setDir, setId, setLang, setTitle

- Method Detail
  - getType
```
String getType()
```
    The type of this form control. This is the string "select-multiple" when the multiple attribute is true and the string "select-one" when false .
  - getSelectedIndex
```
int getSelectedIndex()
```
    The ordinal index of the selected option, starting from 0. The value -1 is returned if no element is selected. If multiple options are selected, the index of the first selected option is returned.
  - setSelectedIndex
```
void setSelectedIndex(int selectedIndex)
```
  - getValue
```
String getValue()
```
    The current form control value.
  - setValue
```
void setValue(String value)
```
  - getLength
```
int getLength()
```
    The number of options in this SELECT .
  - getForm
```
HTMLFormElement getForm()
```
    Returns the FORM element containing this control. Returns null if this control is not within the context of a form.
  - getOptions
```
HTMLCollection getOptions()
```
    The collection of OPTION elements contained by this element.
  - getDisabled
```
boolean getDisabled()
```
    The control is unavailable in this context. See the disabled attribute definition in HTML 4.0.
  - setDisabled
```
void setDisabled(boolean disabled)
```
  - getMultiple
```
boolean getMultiple()
```
    If true, multiple OPTION elements may be selected in this SELECT . See the multiple attribute definition in HTML 4.0.
  - setMultiple
```
void setMultiple(boolean multiple)
```
  - getName
```
String getName()
```
    Form control or object name when submitted with a form. See the name attribute definition in HTML 4.0.
  - setName
```
void setName(String name)
```
  - getSize
```
int getSize()
```
    Number of visible rows. See the size attribute definition in HTML 4.0.
  - setSize
```
void setSize(int size)
```
  - getTabIndex
```
int getTabIndex()
```
    Index that represents the element's position in the tabbing order. See the tabindex attribute definition in HTML 4.0.
  - setTabIndex
```
void setTabIndex(int tabIndex)
```
  - add
```
void add(HTMLElement element,
         HTMLElement before)
  throws DOMException
```
    Add a new element to the collection of OPTION elements for this SELECT . This method is the equivalent of the appendChild method of the Node interface if the before parameter is null . It is equivalent to the insertBefore method on the parent of before in all other cases.
    
    Parameters:
    
    element - The element to add.
    
    before - The element to insert before, or null for the tail of the list.
    
    Throws:
    
    DOMException - NOT_FOUND_ERR: Raised if before is not a descendant of the SELECT element.
  - remove
```
void remove(int index)
```
    Remove an element from the collection of OPTION elements for this SELECT . Does nothing if no element has the given index.
    
    Parameters:
    
    index - The index of the item to remove, starting from 0.
  - blur
```
void blur()
```
    Removes keyboard focus from this element.
  - focus
```
void focus()
```
    Gives keyboard focus to this element.

Interface HTMLSelectElement

Field Summary

Fields declared in interface org.w3c.dom.Node

Method Summary

Methods declared in interface org.w3c.dom.Element

Methods declared in interface org.w3c.dom.html.HTMLElement

Methods declared in interface org.w3c.dom.Node

Method Detail

getType

getSelectedIndex

setSelectedIndex

getValue

setValue

getLength

getForm

getOptions

getDisabled

setDisabled

getMultiple

setMultiple

getName

setName

getSize

setSize

getTabIndex

setTabIndex

add

remove

blur

focus