Drop-down list - Wikipedia

A drop-down list (abbreviated drop-down, or DDL; also known as a drop-down menu, drop menu, pull-down list, picklist) is a graphical control element, similar to ... Drop-downlist FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch Userinterfaceelement Thisarticleneedsadditionalcitationsforverification.Pleasehelpimprovethisarticlebyaddingcitationstoreliablesources.Unsourcedmaterialmaybechallengedandremoved.Findsources: "Drop-downlist" – news ·newspapers ·books ·scholar ·JSTOR(April2011)(Learnhowandwhentoremovethistemplatemessage) Adrop-downlistordrop-downmenuordropmenu,withgenericentries Adrop-downlist(abbreviateddrop-down,orDDL;[1]alsoknownasadrop-downmenu,dropmenu,pull-downlist,picklist)isagraphicalcontrolelement,similartoalistbox,thatallowstheusertochooseonevaluefromalist.Whenadrop-downlistisinactive,itdisplaysasinglevalue.Whenactivated,itdisplays(dropsdown)alistofvalues,fromwhichtheusermayselectone.Whentheuserselectsanewvalue,thecontrolrevertstoitsinactivestate,displayingtheselectedvalue.Itisoftenusedinthedesignofgraphicaluserinterfaces,includingwebdesign. Contents 1Terminology 2HTML 3Seealso 4References Terminology[edit] Adrop-downlistofsearchsuggestions Thistypeofcontroliscalleda"pop-upmenu"ontheMacintoshplatform;[2]however,theterm"popupmenu"isusedtorefertocontextmenusinotherGUIsystems.TheMacintoshalsohasthenotionof"pull-downmenus".Thedistinctionisthat,whenthemenuisclosed,apop-upmenu'stitleshowsthelast-selecteditemwhileapull-downmenushowsastatictitlelikeamenuinthemenubar.Thus,theusesaredifferent—popupmenusareusedtoselectasingleoptionfromalistwhilepull-downmenusareusedtoissuecommandsorincaseswheremultipleoptionscanbeselected. HTML[edit] Inwebforms,theHTMLelementsandareusedtodisplayadrop-downmenu:[3] option1 option2 option3 Seealso[edit] Combobox Listbox References[edit] ^"DDLstandsforDrop-DownList(userinterface)".Acronymfinder. ^"ManagingPop-UpButtonsandPull-DownLists".ApplicationMenuandPop-upListProgrammingTopics.MacDevelopmentLibrary.June26,2007.RetrievedMay15,2013. ^"TheSELECT,OPTGROUP,andOPTIONelements".W3C. vteWidgetsCommandinput Adjustmenthandle Button Contextmenu Drop-downlist Hamburgerbutton Menu Piemenu Datainput-output Checkbox Colorpicker Combobox Cyclebutton Datepicker Gridview Toggleswitch Listbox Listbuilder Radiobutton Scrollbar Searchbox Slider Spinner Textbox Informational Balloonhelp Head-updisplayincomputing HUDinvideogames Icon Infobar Label Loadingscreen Progressindicator Progressbar Splashscreen Throbber Sidebar Statusbar Toast Tooltip Containers Accordion Treeview Client-sidedecoration Disclosurewidget Frame/Fieldset Menubar Panel Popover Ribbon Tab Toolbar Window Windowdecoration Workspace Navigational Addressbar Breadcrumbnavigation Hyperlink Navigationbar Virtualdesktop Specialwindows Alertdialogbox Dialogbox Filedialog Inspectorwindow Modalwindow Palettewindow Relatedconcepts Fileviewer Listofgraphicaluserinterfaceelements Layoutmanager Lookandfeel Mouseover Widgettoolkit WIMP Zoomableuserinterface Thisgraphicaluserinterfacearticleisastub.YoucanhelpWikipediabyexpandingit.vte Retrievedfrom"https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Drop-down_list&oldid=1012831300" Categories:GraphicalcontrolelementsDesktopenvironmentstubsHiddencategories:ArticleswithshortdescriptionShortdescriptionmatchesWikidataUsemdydatesfromMay2013ArticlesneedingadditionalreferencesfromApril2011AllarticlesneedingadditionalreferencesAllstubarticles Navigationmenu Personaltools NotloggedinTalkContributionsCreateaccountLogin Namespaces ArticleTalk Variants expanded collapsed Views ReadEditViewhistory More expanded collapsed Search Navigation MainpageContentsCurrenteventsRandomarticleAboutWikipediaContactusDonate Contribute HelpLearntoeditCommunityportalRecentchangesUploadfile Tools WhatlinkshereRelatedchangesUploadfileSpecialpagesPermanentlinkPageinformationCitethispageWikidataitem Print/export DownloadasPDFPrintableversion Languages العربيةAzərbaycancaCatalàČeštinaDeutschEspañolFrançais한국어HrvatskiItalianoМакедонски日本語PolskiPortuguêsРусскийСрпски/srpskiSvenskaதமிழ்ไทยУкраїнська中文 Editlinks