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
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">varform_element = document.getElementById('subscribe_form');varvist = form_element.style;if(vist.display==''|| vist.display=='none'){vist.display ='block';}else{vist.display ='none';}</script>
Specifications
| Specification | Status | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| HTML Living Standard The definition of 'form' in that specification. |
Living Standard | |
| HTML5 The definition of 'HTMLSelectElement' in that specification. |
Recommendation | Initial definition, snapshot of HTML Living Standard. |
Browser compatibility
The compatibility table in this page is generated from structured data. If you'd like to contribute to the data, please check out https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data and send us a pull request.
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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
- Full support
- Full support
