HTML DOM Select multiple Property

The HTML DOM select multiple property returns and modify whether multiple options can be selected from a drop-down list or not.

Syntax

Following is the syntax −

Returning multiple

object.multiple

Modifying multiple

object.multiple = true | false

Example

Let us see an example of HTML DOM select multiple property −

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
   html{
      height:100%;
   }
   body{
      text-align:center;
      color:#fff;
      background: linear-gradient(62deg, #FBAB7E 0%, #F7CE68 100%) center/cover no-repeat;
      height:100%;
   }
   p{
      font-weight:700;
      font-size:1.2rem;
   }
   .drop-down{
      width:50%;
      border:2px solid #fff;
      font-weight:bold;
      padding:8px;
      background-color:#ffffff24;
   }
   .btn{
      background:#0197F6;
      border:none;
      height:2rem;
      border-radius:2px;
      width:45%;
      margin:2rem auto;
      display:block;
      color:#fff;
      outline:none;
      cursor:pointer;
   }
   .show{
      font-size:1.1rem;
      font-weight:bold;
   }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1<DOM Select multiple Property Demo</h1>
<p>Hi, Select your favourite subject:</p>
<select class='drop-down'>
<option>Physics</option>
<option>Maths</option>
<option>Chemistry</option>
<option>English</option>
</select>
<button onclick="multiple()" class="btn"<Click to select multiple>/button>
<div class="show"></div>
<script>
   function multiple() {
      var dropDown = document.querySelector(".drop-down");
      var showMsg = document.querySelector(".show");
      dropDown.multiple=true;
      showMsg.innerHTML ="Now you can select multiple options using ctrl/shift" ;
   }
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

This will produce the following output −

HTML DOM Select multiple Property

Click on “Click to select multiple” button to select multiple options in the drop-down list.

HTML DOM Select multiple Property