Behavior of select/option element set to multiple?

[jekillen]

This is something that I have not worked with in the past, though I have often worked with select/option elements in

the past.

 

When I set the type attribute to multiple, I have to shift/click to select more than one item. Then I cannot deselect

just one item. Am I doing something wrong, or is this typical behavior. The initial development is being done in

FIrefox in Mac OSX.

 

I am developing an application where a user can select items from a different list. The select/option element is

added to as the user selects items from the list. The select/option element is to allow the user to remove a selection

from the list if he/she changes their mind about a selection and wants to remove it.

 

So:

the user selects from a group of items in other elements

the item is added to a display of selected items

It is also added to the select/option list for potential removal.

 

Allowing multiple selections from this would allow the user to remove multiple selections.

 

With XHTML transitional doctype:

<select id="remove" name="remove" size="5" multiple="multiple">

<option id="default" value="">Remove:</option>

<!-- options are added here by javascript as user makes selections elsewhere -->

</select>

 

It is much easier to add/remove options one at a time. I can remove options with an onchange event listener

assigned to the select/option element.

 

Thanks for time and attention;

JK

[justsomeguy]

I'm not sure what your question is.

[dsonesuk]

Shift click selects from first item to last you select, while with cntrl click you can select multiple items one at a time and deselect a selected item by clicking it again.

[jekillen]

Thanks for the cntrl-click suggestion, but trying it out, it turns out to be cmd-click on my system.

JK

[dsonesuk]

Yeah i knew it was different for mac, i just could not remember what the equivalent key to cntl was on mac.