An element that can be used for drop-down choice lists. The user may select one of the elements displayed in the menulist. The currently selected choice is displayed on the menulist element. To create the drop-down, put a menupopup inside the menulist containing the choices as menuitem elements.

Attributes inherited from XUL Element

This should be set to a letter that is used as a shortcut key. This letter should be one of the characters that appears in the label text for the menulist. This letter will typically be drawn underlined, although this behavior will be platform and skin specific. When the user presses ALT (or a similar key that varies on each platform) and the access key, the menulist will be activated from anywhere in the window.

If the label of the menulist is too small to fit in its given space, the text will be cropped on the side specified by the crop attribute. An ellipsis will be placed in place of the cropped text.

• left: The text will be cropped on its left side.
• right: The text will be cropped on its right side.
• center: The text will be cropped on both sides.
• none: The text will be not be cropped using an ellipsis. However, the text will simply be cut off if it too large. The side depends on the CSS text alignment.

Indicates that the value of the menulist can be modified by typing directly into the value field. This is rendered as a text field with a drop-down arrow beside it. The user may enter text into the field or select one of the choices by clicking from the drop-down.

The label that will appear on the menulist. If this is left out, no text appears.

Properties and Methods inherited from XUL Element

Holds the index of the currently selected item in the menu. If no item is currently selected, this will be set to -1. You can select an item by setting this value.

Holds the element of the menu that is currently selected. If no element is currently selected, this will be null. Use selectedIndex to retrieve the position of the element.