HTML | <select> size Attribute

Last Updated : 28 Jul, 2022

The HTML size Attribute is used to specifies the number of visible options in a drop-down list.

Note: If the value of the size attribute is greater than 1 but lower that the number of options in a DropDown List. so the Browser will automatically add the scrollbar for specifying that there are more options to view.

Syntax:

<select size = "value"> option values...</select>

Attribute Values: It contains a numeric value which specify the number of visible options in the drop-down list. It has a Default value which is 4.

Example:

html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
 
<head>
    <title>HTML select size Attribute</title>
</head>
 
<body>
    <h1 style="color: green;"> 
            GeeksforGeeks 
        </h1>
 
    <h2> 
            HTML select size Attribute 
        </h2>
    <p>Sorting Algorithms</p>
    <select size="3">
        <option value="merge">merge sort</option>
        <option value="bubble">bubble sort</option>
        <option value="selection">selection sort</option>
        <option value="quick">quick sort</option>
        <option value="insertion">insertion sort</option>
    </select>
</body>
 
</html>