org.w3c.dom.html

Interface HTMLSelectElement

All Superinterfaces:
Element, HTMLElement, Node

public interface HTMLSelectElement
extends HTMLElement

The select element allows the selection of an option. The containedoptions can be directly accessed through the select element as acollection. See the SELECT element definition in HTML 4.0.

Fields inherited from interface org.w3c.dom.Node

ATTRIBUTE_NODE, CDATA_SECTION_NODE, COMMENT_NODE, DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT_NODE, DOCUMENT_NODE, DOCUMENT_POSITION_CONTAINED_BY, DOCUMENT_POSITION_CONTAINS, DOCUMENT_POSITION_DISCONNECTED, DOCUMENT_POSITION_FOLLOWING, DOCUMENT_POSITION_IMPLEMENTATION_SPECIFIC, DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING, DOCUMENT_TYPE_NODE, ELEMENT_NODE, ENTITY_NODE, ENTITY_REFERENCE_NODE, NOTATION_NODE, PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION_NODE, TEXT_NODE

Method Summary

void
add(HTMLElement element, HTMLElement before)
Add a new element to the collection of OPTION elementsfor 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.Returns null if this control is not within the context of a form.
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.
int
getSize()
Number of visible rows.
int
getTabIndex()
Index that represents the element's position in the tabbing order.
String
getType()
The type of control created.
String
getValue()
The current form control value.
void
remove(int index)
Remove an element from the collection of OPTION elementsfor 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 inherited from interface org.w3c.dom.Element

getAttribute, getAttributeNS, getAttributeNode, getAttributeNodeNS, getElementsByTagName, getElementsByTagNameNS, getSchemaTypeInfo, getTagName, hasAttribute, hasAttributeNS, removeAttribute, removeAttributeNS, removeAttributeNode, setAttribute, setAttributeNS, setAttributeNode, setAttributeNodeNS, setIdAttribute, setIdAttributeNS, setIdAttributeNode

Methods inherited from interface org.w3c.dom.html.HTMLElement

getClassName, getDir, getId, getLang, getTitle, setClassName, setDir, setId, setLang, setTitle

Methods inherited from interface org.w3c.dom.Node

appendChild, cloneNode, compareDocumentPosition, getAttributes, getBaseURI, getChildNodes, getFeature, getFirstChild, getLastChild, getLocalName, getNamespaceURI, getNextSibling, getNodeName, getNodeType, getNodeValue, getOwnerDocument, getParentNode, getPrefix, getPreviousSibling, getTextContent, getUserData, hasAttributes, hasChildNodes, insertBefore, isDefaultNamespace, isEqualNode, isSameNode, isSupported, lookupNamespaceURI, lookupPrefix, normalize, removeChild, replaceChild, setNodeValue, setPrefix, setTextContent, setUserData

Method Details

add

public void add(HTMLElement element,
                HTMLElement before)
Add a new element to the collection of OPTION elementsfor this SELECT.
Parameters:
element - The element to add.
before - The element to insert before, or NULL for the head of the list.

blur

public void blur()
Removes keyboard focus from this element.

focus

public void focus()
Gives keyboard focus to this element.

getDisabled

public boolean getDisabled()
The control is unavailable in this context. See the disabled attribute definition in HTML 4.0.

getForm

public HTMLFormElement getForm()
Returns the FORM element containing this control.Returns null if this control is not within the context of a form.

getLength

public int getLength()
The number of options in this SELECT.

getMultiple

public boolean getMultiple()
If true, multiple OPTION elements may be selected in this SELECT. See the multiple attribute definition in HTML 4.0.

getName

public String getName()
Form control or object name when submitted with a form. See the name attribute definition in HTML 4.0.

getOptions

public HTMLCollection getOptions()
The collection of OPTION elements contained by this element.

getSelectedIndex

public int getSelectedIndex()
The ordinal index of the selected option. The value -1 is returned ifno element is selected. If multiple options are selected, the index ofthe first selected option is returned.

getSize

public int getSize()
Number of visible rows. See the size attribute definition in HTML 4.0.

getTabIndex

public int getTabIndex()
Index that represents the element's position in the tabbing order. See the tabindex attribute definition in HTML 4.0.

getType

public String getType()
The type of control created.

getValue

public String getValue()
The current form control value.

remove

public void remove(int index)
Remove an element from the collection of OPTION elementsfor this SELECT. Does nothing if no element has the givenindex.
Parameters:
index - The index of the item to remove.

setDisabled

public void setDisabled(boolean disabled)

setMultiple

public void setMultiple(boolean multiple)

setName

public void setName(String name)

setSelectedIndex

public void setSelectedIndex(int selectedIndex)

setSize

public void setSize(int size)

setTabIndex

public void setTabIndex(int tabIndex)

setValue

public void setValue(String value)