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<pre><code id="code-20-37838608-1">&lt;html&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
&lt;select name=&quot;menu&quot;&gt;
&lt;option value=&quot;0&quot; selected&gt;(please select:)&lt;/option&gt;
&lt;option value=&quot;1&quot;&gt;one&lt;/option&gt;
&lt;option value=&quot;2&quot;&gt;two&lt;/option&gt;
&lt;option value=&quot;3&quot;&gt;three&lt;/option&gt;
&lt;option value=&quot;other&quot;&gt;other, please specify:&lt;/option&gt;
&lt;/select&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;input type=&quot;submit&quot; value=&quot;submit&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/html&gt;</code></pre>
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<html>
<div>
<select name="menu">
<option value="0" selected>(please select:)</option>
<option value="1">one</option>
<option value="2">two</option>
<option value="3">three</option>
<option value="other">other, please specify:</option>
</select>
<div><input type="submit" value="submit"></div>
</html>

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Is it possible to have &quot;please select&quot; in combo boxes in HTML?<br />
<br />
Ive got some simple code:-<br />

<pre><code id="code-10-27673004-1">			&lt;select id=&quot;Q2&quot;&gt;		
				&lt;option value=&quot;Management&quot;&gt;Management&lt;/option&gt;
				&lt;option value=&quot;Finance&quot;&gt;Finance&lt;/option&gt;
				&lt;option value=&quot;Administration&quot;&gt;Administration&lt;/option&gt;
				&lt;option value=&quot;Human Resources&quot;&gt;Human Resources&lt;/option&gt;
				&lt;option value=&quot;Marketing&quot;&gt;Marketing&lt;/option&gt;
				&lt;option value=&quot;Communications&quot;&gt;Communications&lt;/option&gt;
				&lt;option value=&quot;Engineer&quot;&gt;Engineer&lt;/option&gt;			
			&lt;/select&gt; </code></pre>
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What I would like to do is have the initial text set to 'Please select', but not have it as an option that the user can selects when it drops down.<br />
<br />
Im assuming it will need some Javascript, but thought Id ask the question before playing around to get a script to do it.<br />
<br />
Thank you
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Is it possible to have "please select" in combo boxes in HTML?

Ive got some simple code:-
(CODE)

What I would like to do is have the initial text set to 'Please select', but not have it as an option that the user can selects when it drops down.

Im assuming it will need some Javascript, but thought Id ask the question before playing around to get a script to do it.

Thank you

&quot;Please select&quot; on Combo

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&quot;Please select&quot; on Combo

"Please select" on Combo