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List Box

Use the List Box form element to allow your web site visitors to select a response (or multiple responses) from a pull-down menu or scrollable list.

To add a list box to a web page:

  1. Go to the "Insert" menu.

    SiteBuilder Insert Menu Link
    SiteBuilder Insert Menu Link

  2. Click the "Forms and Form Elements" link.

    SiteBuilder Insert Menu Forms and Form Elements Link
    SiteBuilder Insert Menu Forms and Form Elements Link

  3. Select "List Box."

    Forms Menu: List Box
    Forms Menu: List Box

  4. Enter a name for this list box (for example,"Size") in the "Name:" field. Click the Add button to create the first selection in the list.

    List Box Properties Dialog Box
    List Box Properties Dialog Box

  5. Enter the text that will represent the selection in the Text column.

    List Box Properties Dialog Box
    List Box Properties Dialog Box

  6. Enter the value for the selection in the Value column.

    List Box Properties Dialog Box
    List Box Properties Dialog Box

  7. Click the Add button and enter values for each selection in the list.

    List Box Properties Dialog Box
    List Box Properties Dialog Box

  8. Click the "Selected" checkbox next to any item or items you would like to be highlighted by default on your web page (if any).

    List Box Properties Dialog Box
    List Box Properties Dialog Box

  9. To change the order of your list, click on a selection to highlight it, then click Up or Down to change its position. To remove a selection, click on it once to highlight it, then choose Remove.

    List Box Properties Dialog Box
    List Box Properties Dialog Box

  10. If you would like your web site visitors to be able to choose more than one selection, click the "Permit multiple selections" checkbox.

    List Box Properties Dialog Box
    List Box Properties Dialog Box

  11. Click the OK button.

    List Box Properties Dialog Box
    List Box Properties Dialog Box

Sample lists: Pull-down and Scrolling

List Sample 1List Sample 2

If you would like your list box to appear to your web site visitors as a pull-down menu, resize the list box so that only the top selection is visible. (If you chose "Permit multiple selections," your list box must appear as a scrollable list.)

Note: The name and values you enter will not be visible to your web site visitors. They are simply used to help you identify the information you receive when a form is submitted to you. Assigning a different name to each list box you include on a page will make it easier for you to understand the form responses you receive.

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