When I add display:none to an <option> tag with JavaScript after the page is ready, it wouldn't hide the default or the selected element, it stays on the hidden option unless I change that manually. The option 08:30 is hidden but it's still there as selected, but not an option.
Here is the HTML and there's also a screenshot:
<div class="form-floating mb-3">
<select class="form-select" id="time">
<option value="08:30" style="display: none;">08:30</option>
<option value="08:45">08:45</option>
</select>
</div>
I've tried disabling the <option> tag as well but it does the same and keeps it selected. I need it to jump into an active select option or any other option but not the one I hide or disable.
Update:
I have to use a workaround to get this working. First I've added all <option> tags to the <select> tag, then remove the ones that I don't want:
$('#time').html('
<option value="08:30">08:30</option>
<option value="08:45">08:45</option>
<option value="09:00">09:00</option>
<option value="09:15">09:15</option>
<option value="09:30">09:30</option>
<option value="09:45">09:45</option>
')
$('#time option[value="'09:00'"]').remove()
This works, although doesn't actually solve the issue (I guess that's a bug and hasn't been addressed yet). I would still appreciated an answer to improve the code.
Hello & Welcome Mohsen Salehi,
<option hidden>Hidden option</option>
It is not supported by IE < 11.
Please read more about it here How to hide a in a menu with CSS?
Edit:
You can also add disabled to prevent getting selected.
<div class="form-floating mb-3">
<select class="form-select" id="time">
<option value="08:30" style="display: none;" disabled>08:30</option>
<option value="08:45">08:45</option>
</select>
</div>
I had written a sample code for select dropdown, in case of Edge browser the drop down is not working i.e it is not allow to select the option from the drop down. below is the sample code
<select>
<option value="" selected="">Pick a E-commerce</option>
<option value="https://www.amazon.in/">Amazon</option>
<option value="https://www.flipkart.com/">Flipkart</option>
<option value="http://www.snapdeal.com/">Snapdeal</option>
</select>
in case of other browsers it working fine. Please help me out how can i solve this issue
Please add <select> open tag. Preview In Edge
<select>
<option value="" selected="">Pick a E-commerce</option>
<option value="https://www.amazon.in/">Amazon</option>
<option value="https://www.flipkart.com/">Flipkart</option>
<option value="http://www.snapdeal.com/">Snapdeal</option>
</select>
Try adding a <select> opening tag.
I have a select with some options displaying text:
<select *ngIf="cars" class="form-control">
<option *ngFor="let car of cars" value="true">{{car.ID}}</option>
</select>
Is it possible to add an Icon at the beginning of the option? Like [icon]3
UPDATE
I have added the library font-icons to my .angular-cli.son:
"styles": [
"styles.css",
"../node_modules/bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css",
"../node_modules/font-awesome-4.7.0/css/font-awesome.min.css"
and update the code of my select to:
<select *ngIf="cars" class="form-control glyphicon">
<option *ngFor="let car of cars" value="true"> {{car.ID}}</option>
</select>
I use bootstrap 3
It tries to print an icon, but I get an empty square. Any idea?
It seems to me that you are using Bootstrap. So, it is possible to put icon inside option, like this.
<select class="form-control glyphicon">
<option value=""> Icon 1</option>
<option value=""> Icon 2</option>
<option value=""> Icon 3</option>
</select>
Sadly it is not possible using plain HTML <select>. It is possible with wrapper for select. Your own piece of code, that is displayed instead of browser's default select. I recommend you to find some library with ready-to-use wrapper. For example there is select wrapper inside Angular Material (https://material.angular.io/components/select), but you can find standalone wrappers.
I have a very weird requirement, wherein I am required to have no option selected by default in drop down menu in HTML. However,
I cannot use this,
<select>
<option></option>
<option>Option 1</option>
<option>Option 2</option>
<option>Option 3</option>
</select>
Because, for this I will have to do validation to handle the first option. Can anyone help me in achieving this target without actually including the first option as part of the select tag?
Maybe this will be helpful
<select>
<option disabled selected value> -- select an option -- </option>
<option>Option 1</option>
<option>Option 2</option>
<option>Option 3</option>
</select>
-- select an option -- Will be displayed by default. But if you choose an option, you will not be able to select it back.
You can also hide it using by adding an empty option
<option style="display:none">
so it won't show up in the list anymore.
Option 2
If you don't want to write CSS and expect the same behaviour of the solution above, just use:
<option hidden disabled selected value> -- select an option -- </option>
You could use Javascript to achieve this. Try the following code:
HTML
<select id="myDropdown">
<option>Option 1</option>
<option>Option 2</option>
<option>Option 3</option>
</select>
JS
document.getElementById("myDropdown").selectedIndex = -1;
or JQuery
$("#myDropdown").prop("selectedIndex", -1);
Today (2015-02-25)
This is valid HTML5 and sends a blank (not a space) to the server:
<option label=" "></option>
Verified validity on http://validator.w3.org/check
Verified behavior with Win7(IE11 IE10 IE9 IE8 FF35 Safari5.1) Ubuntu14.10(Chrome40, FF35) OSX_Yosemite(Safari8, Chrome40) Android(Samsung-Galaxy-S5)
The following also passes validation today, but passes some sort of space character to the server from most browsers (probably not desirable) and a blank on others (Chrome40/Linux passes a blank):
<option> </option>
Previously (2013-08-02)
According to my notes, the non-breaking-space entity inside the option tags shown above produced the following error in 2013:
Error: W3C Markup Validaton Service (Public): The first child option
element of a select element with a required attribute and without a
multiple attribute, and whose size is 1, must have either an empty
value attribute, or must have no text content.
At that time, a regular space was valid XHTML4 and sent a blank (not a space) to the server from every browser:
<option> </option>
Future
It would make my heart glad if the spec was updated to explicitly allow a blank option. Preferably using the briefest syntax. Either of the following would be great:
<option />
<option></option>
Test File
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />
<title>Test</title>
</head>
<body>
<form action="index.html" method="post">
<select name="sel">
<option label=" "></option>
</select>
</form>
</body>
</html>
<td><b>Field Label:</b><br>
<select style='align:left; width:100%;' id='some_id' name='some_name'>
<option hidden selected>Select one...</option>
<option value='Value1'>OptLabel1</option>
<option value='Value2'>OptLabel2</option>
<option value='Value3'>OptLabel3</option></select>
</td>
Just put "hidden" on option you want to hide on dropdown list.
Solution that works by only using CSS:
A: Inline CSS
<select>
<option style="display:none;"></option>
<option>Option 1</option>
<option>Option 2</option>
<option>Option 3</option>
</select>
B: CSS Style Sheet
If you have a CSS file at hand, you can target the first option using:
select.first-opt-hidden option:first-of-type {
display:none;
}
<select class="first-opt-hidden">
<option></option>
<option>Option 1</option>
<option>Option 2</option>
<option>Option 3</option>
</select>
This should help:
https://www.w3schools.com/tags/att_select_required.asp
<form>
<select required>
<option value="">None</option>
<option value="volvo">Volvo</option>
<option value="saab">Saab</option>
<option value="mercedes">Mercedes</option>
<option value="audi">Audi</option>
</select>
<button type="submit">Submit</button>
</form>
Just a small remark:
some Safari browsers do not seem to respect neither the "hidden" attribute nor the style setting "display:none" (tested with Safari 12.1 under MacOS 10.12.6). Without an explicit placeholder text, these browsers simply show an empty first line in the list of options. It may therefore be useful to always provide some explanatory text for this "dummy" entry:
<option hidden disabled selected value>(select an option)</option>
Thanks to the "disabled" attribute, it won't be actively selected anyway.
<select required>
<option value="" disabled selected>None</option>
<option value="volvo">Volvo</option>
<option value="saab">Saab</option>
<option value="mercedes">Mercedes</option>
<option value="audi">Audi</option>
</select>
You can avoid custom validation in this case.
I understand what you are trying to do.The best and the most successful way is :
<select name='department' required>
<option value="">None</option>
<option value="Teaching">Teaching department</option>
<option value="nonTeaching">Non-teaching department</option>
</select>
I found it really interesting because I just experienced the same thing not so long time ago.
However, I came across to an example on the Internet about the solution regarding this.
Without any further ado, see the code fragment below:
<select>
<option value data-isdefault="true">--Choose one Option--</option>
<option>Option 1</option>
<option>Option 2</option>
<option>Option 3</option>
</select>
With that, it will stay un-submittable but selectable, anytime. More convenience for User Interface and great for User Experience.
Well that's all, I hope it helps. Cheers!
There is no HTML solution. By the HTML 4.01 spec, browser behavior is undefined if none of the option elements has the selected attribute, and what browsers do in practice is that they make the first option pre-selected.
As a workaround, you could replace the select element by a set of input type=radio elements (with the same name attribute). This creates a control of the same kind though with different appearance and user interface. If none of the input type=radio elements has the checked attribute, none of them is initially selected in most modern browsers.
I'm using Laravel 5 framework and #Gambi `s answer worked for me as well but with some changes for my project.
I have the option values in a database table and I use them with a foreach statement. But before the statement I have added an option with #Gambit suggested settings and it worked.
Here my exemple:
#isset($keys)
<select>
<option disabled selected value></option>
#foreach($keys as $key)
<option>{{$key->value)</option>
#endforeach
</select>
#endisset
I hope this helps someone as well. Keep up the good work!
Try this:
<h2>Favorite color</h2>
<select name="color">
<option value=""></option>
<option>Pink</option>
<option>Red</option>
<option>Blue</option>
</select>
The first option in the drop down would be blank.
In order to show please select a value in drop down and hide it after some value is selected . please use the below code.
it will also support required validation.
<select class="form-control" required>
<option disabled selected value style="display:none;">--Please select a value</option>
<option >Data 1</option>
<option >Data 2</option>
<option >Data 3</option>
</select>
If you are using Angular (2+), (or any other framework), you could add some logic. The logic would be: only display an empty option if the user did not select any other yet.
So after the user selected an option, the empty option disappears.
For Angular (9) this would look something like this:
<select>
<option *ngIf="(hasOptionSelected$ | async) === false"></option>
<option *ngFor="let option of (options$ | async)[value]="option.id">{{ option.title }}</option>
</select>
For those who are using <select multiple> (combobox; no dropdown), this worked for me:
<select size=1 disabled multiple>
<option hidden selected></option>
<option>My Option</option>
</select>
If you don't need any empty option at first, try this first line:
<option style="display:none"></option>
just use "..option hidden selected.." as default option
I guess a good idea would be to use the radio buttons, set #1 as default and hide it, give it for example a
name="init" and a value="null" or whatever, up to you!
this way the radio buttons list has a value definitely, but default of null can be used logically!
I think it's not necessary to elaborate further, since the idea can easily be implemented with display: none; or visibility: hidden;
... whereas I think the first one display: none; is the better option:
In react, you can give a dummy value (say -1) with select tag as below and same value can be used with this disabled option of yours. (WORKED FOR ME)
const nonEmpty = selected[identifierField] || false;
<select
onChange={(e) => {
onSelect(
options.find((option) => option[identifierField] === e.target.value)
);
}}
value={nonEmpty || -1}
>
<option disabled value={-1}>Select Option</option>
{options.map((option) => (
<option key={option[identifierField]} value={option[identifierField]}>
{option[displayField]}
</option>
))}
</select>
option style="display:none"
Is bad solution for Tablet: iPad Pro / iOS 15 / Safari
An unnecessary row in the dropdown appears, only for real devices. Doesn`t reproduce on the emulator.
Try this:
<select>
<option value="">
<option>Option 1
<option>Option 2
<option>Option 3
</select>
Validates in HTML5. Works with required attribute in select element. Can be re-selected. Works in Google Chrome 45, Internet Explorer 11, Edge, Firefox 41.
How implement subj?
when i write:
<form>
<select>
<option value="0">aaaa</option>
<option value="1">bbbb</option>
</select>
</form>
then default selected item is "aaaa"
when i write:
<form>
<select>
<option value=""></option>
<option value="0">aaaa</option>
<option value="1">bbbb</option>
</select>
</form>
then default selected item is blank, but this blank item presents in drop down.
how i can implement SELECT tag with default blank value that hidden in dropdown list?
Just use disabled and/or hidden attributes:
<option selected disabled hidden style='display: none' value=''></option>
selected makes this option the default one.
disabled makes this option unclickable.
style='display: none' makes this option not displayed in older browsers. See: Can I Use documentation for hidden attribute.
hidden makes this option to don't be displayed in the drop-down list.
You can by setting selectedIndex to -1 using .prop: http://jsfiddle.net/R9auG/.
For older jQuery versions use .attr instead of .prop: http://jsfiddle.net/R9auG/71/.
Simply using
<option value="" selected disabled>Please select an option...</option>
will work anywhere without script and allow you to instruct the user at the same time.
<select>
<option value="" style="display:none;"></option>
<option value="0">aaaa</option>
<option value="1">bbbb</option>
</select>
Here is a simple way to do it using plain JavaScript. This is the vanilla equivalent of the jQuery script posted by pimvdb. You can test it here.
<script type='text/javascript'>
window.onload = function(){
document.getElementById('id_here').selectedIndex = -1;
}
</script>
.
<select id="id_here">
<option>aaaa</option>
<option>bbbb</option>
</select>
Make sure the "id_here" matches in the form and in the JavaScript.
You can't. They simply do not work that way. A drop down menu must have one of its options selected at all times.
You could (although I don't recommend it) watch for a change event and then use JS to delete the first option if it is blank.
For purely html #isherwood has a great solution. For jQuery, give your select drop down an ID then select it with jQuery:
<form>
<select id="myDropDown">
<option value="0">aaaa</option>
<option value="1">bbbb</option>
</select>
</form>
Then use this jQuery to clear the drop down on page load:
$(document).ready(function() {
$('#myDropDown').val('');
});
Or put it inside a function by itself:
$('#myDropDown').val('');
accomplishes what you're looking for and it is easy to put this in functions that may get called on your page if you need to blank out the drop down without reloading the page.
You can try this snippet
$("#your-id")[0].selectedIndex = -1
It worked for me.