jQuery Mobile Form Select

# jQuery Mobile Form Select Menus

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## jQuery Mobile Select Menus

Select Menu on an Iphone:
Select Menu on an Android/SGS4 device:

The <select> element creates a drop-down list with several options.

The <option> elements inside the <select> element define the available options in the list:

## Example

<form method="post" action="demoform.asp">
<fieldset class="ui-field-contain">
<label for="day">Select Day</label>
<select name="day" id="day">
<option value="mon">Monday</option>
<option value="tue">Tuesday</option>
<option value="wed">Wednesday</option>
</select>
</fieldset>
</form>
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Tip: If you have a long list of options that are related, use the <optgroup> element inside <select>:

## Example

<select name="day" id="day">
<optgroup label="Weekdays">
<option value="mon">Monday</option>
<option value="tue">Tuesday</option>
<option value="wed">Wednesday</option>
</optgroup>
<optgroup label="Weekends">
<option value="sat">Saturday</option>
<option value="sun">Sunday</option>
</optgroup>
</select>
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## Custom Select Menus

The images on top of this page, shows how mobile platforms have their own way of showing a select menu.

If you want the select menu to display the same on all mobile devices, use jQuery's own custom select menu, the data-native-menu="false" attribute:

## Example

<select name="day" id="day" data-native-menu="false">
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## Multiple Selections

To select multiple options in the select menu, use the multiple attribute in the <select> element:

## Example

<select name="day" id="day" multiple data-native-menu="false">
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## More Examples

Using data-role="controlgroup"
How to group one or more selection menus.

Using data-type="horizontal"
How to group selection menus horizontally.

Using data-type="mini"
How to minify a selection menu.

Pre-selected options
How to pre-select an option.

Popup Selections
How to create a popup selection menu.

Collapsible Forms
How to create collapsible forms.

Changing the default select icon
How to change the icon of select menus (default is "arrow-d").

Changing the icon position
How to change the icon position of select menus (default is right).

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