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Glossary: HTML & CSS Basics

Select and textarea

Also written: select, option, textarea, drop-down menu

A `select` with an `option` for each choice makes a drop-down menu, where the option's text is shown and its `value` is sent. A `textarea` is a box for several lines of text and, unlike `input`, has an end tag.

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