Web/API/HTMLSelectElement/form

The HTMLSelectElement.form read-only property returns a HTMLFormElement representing the form that this element is associated with. If the element is not associated with of a <form> element, then it returns null.

Syntax

Edit

aForm = aSelectElement.form.selectname; 

Example

HTML

<form action="http://www.google.com/search" method="get">
 <label>Google: <input type="search" name="q"></label> <input type="submit" value="Search...">
</form>

Javascript

A property available on all form elements, "type" returns the type of the calling form element. For SELECT, the two possible values are "select-one" or "select-multiple", depending on the type of selection list. The below code gives all SELECT elements in a particular form a CSS class of "selectclass":

<script type="text/javascript">
var form_element = document.getElementById('subscribe_form');
var vist = form_element.style;
if (vist.display=='' || vist.display=='none')
{
  vist.display = 'block';
}
else
{
  vist.display = 'none';
}
</script>

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
HTML Living StandardThe definition of 'form' in that specification.	Living Standard
HTML5The definition of 'HTMLSelectElement' in that specification.	Recommendation	Initial definition, snapshot of HTML Living Standard.

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
form	Chrome Full support Yes	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support Yes	IE Full support Yes	Opera Full support Yes	Safari Full support Yes	WebView Android Full support Yes	Chrome Android Full support Yes	Firefox Android Full support Yes	Opera Android Full support Yes	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes

Legend

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Full support

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