graphical control element
A graphical widget (also graphical control element or control) in a graphical user interface is an element of interaction, such as a button or a scroll bar. Controls are software components that a computer user interacts with through direct ...
that allows the user to select one or more items from a list contained within a static, multiple line
text box
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A text box (input box), text field or text entry box is a control element of a graphical user interface, that should enable the user to input ...
. The user clicks inside the box on an item to select it, sometimes in combination with the or in order to make multiple selections. "Control-clicking" an item that has already been selected, unselects it.
A list box is called select or select1 in the
XForms
XForms is an XML format used for collecting inputs from web forms. XForms was designed to be the next generation of HTML / XHTML forms, but is generic enough that it can also be used in a standalone manner or with presentation languages other tha ...
standard. Select is used for allowing the user to select many items from a list whereas select1 only allows the user to select a single item from a list.
HTML
In
web forms
A webform, web form or HTML form on a web page allows a user to enter data that is sent to a server for processing. Forms can resemble paper or database forms because web users fill out the forms using checkboxes, radio buttons, or text fields. F ...
, the
HTML elements
An HTML element is a type of HTML (HyperText Markup Language) document component, one of several types of HTML nodes (there are also text nodes, comment nodes and others). The first used version of HTML was written by Tim Berners-Lee in 1993 ...
and are used to display a listbox:
See also
* Drop down list - Like a list box, but not permanently expanded to show the elements of the list.
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Combo box
A combo box is a commonly used graphical user interface widget (or control). Traditionally, it is a combination of a drop-down list or list box and a single-line editable textbox, allowing the user to either type a value directly or select a v ...
- Like a drop down list, but users also can make entries not on the list.
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Scrollbar
A scrollbar is an interaction technique or widget in which continuous text, pictures, or any other content can be scrolled in a predetermined direction (up, down, left, or right) on a computer display, window, or viewport so that all of the con ...