list

Summary

The list attribute refers to a <datalist> element specifying possible values to suggest for an input element.

Applies to	[HTMLInputElement](/html/elements/input)

This attribute allows for the developer to specify autofill values for an input element for the browser to present to a user.

This can allow for things such as autocompletion, or faster site search. It would be possible to create an autocomplete such as on this site’s search with a server side populated datalist.

See also

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HTML

• user-modify

• textLength

• value

• accept

• action

• alt

• autocomplete

• autofocus

• checked

• crossorigin

• form

• formEnctype

• height

• list

• max (HTMLInputElement)

• maxLength

• min

• multiple

• readonly

• size

• standby

• step

• HTML Elements

• !DOCTYPE

• !DOCTYPE

• acronym

• b

• b

• br

• br

• button

• button

• caption

• cite

• code

• col

• colgroup

• datalist

• del

• dfn

• div

• em

• EMBED

• fieldset

• font

• footer

• head

• hn

• hr

• html

• i

• img

• input

• ins

• kbd

• legend

• mark

• option

• p

• samp

• script

• span

• strong

• table

• tbody

• td

• tfoot

• th

• time

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• HTMLInputElementHTMLInputElement

Attributions

• Microsoft Developer Network: [Windows Internet Explorer API reference Article]