HTML5 : Datalist Element Tutorial

Last update on August 19 2022 21:50:45 (UTC/GMT +8 hours)

Datalist Element

In this page, we have discussed Description, Usage, Attributes, Example and Result, Browser Compatibility of HTML5 datalist element.

The HTML Datalist Element (<datalist>) contains a set of <option> elements that represent the possible options for the value of other controls.

Usage

<input list="Languages" /> 
<datalist id="Languages">
<option value="PHP">
<option value="ASP">
<option value="Python">
<option value="Ruby">
<option value="Java">
</datalist>

Whether start and end tag are required

Both the start tag and the end tag are mandatory.

What an datalist element can contain

Phrasing content or zero or more <option> elements.

Which elements can contain datalist element

Any element that accepts phrasing content.

Attributes

This element has no other attributes than the global attributes, common to all elements.

Example:

<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
<title>HTML5 datalist example</title>
</head>
<body>
<input list="Languages" /> 
<datalist id="Languages">
<option value="PHP">
<option value="ASP">
<option value="Python">
<option value="Ruby">
<option value="Java">
</datalist>
</body>
</html>

Result

Browser Compatibility

We have successfully tested the above example with following browser versions.

Feature	Chrome	Firefox (Gecko)	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari
Basic support	Not supported	5.0	Not supported	11.50	Not supported

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