Module jdk.xml.dom

Package 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 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

Field Summary

Fields declared in 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

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

Methods declared in 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

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.