The HTML <datalist> element contains a set of <option> elements that represent the permissible or recommended options available to choose from within other controls.
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| Content categories | Flow content, phrasing content. |
|---|---|
| Permitted content | Either phrasing content or zero or more <option> elements. |
| Tag omission | None, both the starting and ending tag are mandatory. |
| Permitted parents | Any element that accepts phrasing content. |
| Implicit ARIA role | listbox |
| Permitted ARIA roles | No role permitted |
| DOM interface | HTMLDataListElement |
Attributes
This element has no other attributes than the global attributes, common to all elements.
Examples
<label for="myBrowser">Choose a browser from this list:</label> <input list="browsers" id="myBrowser" name="myBrowser" /> <datalist id="browsers"> <option value="Chrome"> <option value="Firefox"> <option value="Internet Explorer"> <option value="Opera"> <option value="Safari"> <option value="Microsoft Edge"> </datalist>
Result
Specifications
| Specification | Status | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| HTML Living Standard The definition of '<datalist>' in that specification. |
Living Standard | |
| HTML5 The definition of '<datalist>' in that specification. |
Recommendation |
Browser compatibility
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| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
datalist | Chrome Full support 20 | Edge Full support 12 | Firefox Full support 4 | IE Full support 10 | Opera Full support 9.5 | Safari Full support 12.1 | WebView Android Full support 4.4.3 | Chrome Android Full support 33 | Firefox Android Full support 4 | Opera Android
Partial support
Partial
| Safari iOS Full support 12.2 | Samsung Internet Android Full support 2.0 |
Legend
- Full support
- Full support
- Partial support
- Partial support
- See implementation notes.
- See implementation notes.
Polyfill
Include this polyfill to provide support for older and currently incompatible browsers:
datalist-polyfill