HTML Form - SELECT element

• The SELECT element creates a menu. Each choice offered by the menu is represented by an OPTION element. A SELECT element must contain at least one OPTION element.
• The OPTGROUP element allows authors to group choices logically. This is particularly helpful when the user must choose from a long list of options; groups of related choices are easier to grasp and remember than a single long list of options. In HTML 4, all OPTGROUP elements must be specified directly within a SELECT element

Attributes:

• NAME="text"
  
  This attribute assigns the control name.
• size = number
  
  If a SELECT element is presented as a scrolled list box, this attribute specifies the number of rows in the list that should be visible at the same time. This element can be a drop-down menu instead ofa scrolled list box.
• MULTIPLE
  If set, this boolean attribute allows multiple selections. If not set, the SELECT element only permits single selections.

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