Sometimes, we want to allow only one item selected in a multiple select with HTML.
In this article, we’ll look at how to allow only one item selected in a multiple select with HTML.
How to allow only one item selected in a multiple select with HTML?
To allow only one item selected in a multiple select with HTML, we remove the multiple attribute from the select.
For instance, we write
<select name="user" id="userID" size="3">
<option>John</option>
<option>Paul</option>
<option>Ringo</option>
<option>George</option>
</select>
to remove the multiple attribute to stop multiple values from being selected.
We set the size attribute to 3 to show 3 options in the box at a time.
Conclusion
To allow only one item selected in a multiple select with HTML, we remove the multiple attribute from the select.
