The Pulldown Menu

Like all forms, Pulldown Menus begin with the <FORM> tag, which is followed by <SELECT>. The <SELECT> tag implies that the user will have a range of options to choose from. So the next step is to provide each of those options, using the <OPTION> tag. The <OPTION> tag should precede each of the menu choices, kind of like this:

    <FORM>
        <SELECT>
           <OPTION>Things I wish I'd known:
           <OPTION>Running out of oil is very, very bad.
           <OPTION>Bikinis and water-skiing don't mix.
           <OPTION>The screen door was closed.
        </SELECT>
    </FORM>

Which will appear like this:

But you don't have to limit yourself to one-line answers. You can create the appearance of coherent sentences by tweaking the format. Just insert an <OPTION> tag every time you want a new line, and remember that the width of the menu is determined by the length of the longest menu item.

So the HTML might look something like this:

    <FORM>
        <SELECT>
           <OPTION>More things I wish I'd known:
           <OPTION>____________________
           <OPTION>Peach yogurt and
           <OPTION>mayonnaise look
           <OPTION>a lot alike.
           <OPTION>____________________
           <OPTION>Before taking a big,
           <OPTION>honkin' bite out of . . .
        </SELECT>
    </FORM>

And appear like this:

As always, you should be careful to finish what you start: Each Pulldown Menu should end with the </SELECT> and </FORM> tags.