Change the number of visible options in a drop-down list:
document.getElementById("mySelect").size = "4";
Click the button to change the number of visible options in the dropdown list.
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> <select id="mySelect" size="1"> <option>CSS</option> <option>Java</option> <option>HTML</option> <option>SQL</option> <option>Mouse</option> <option>Fish</option> <option>Cow</option> </select>//from w w w . ja va 2 s . c om <button onclick="myFunction()">Test</button> <script> function myFunction() { document.getElementById("mySelect").size = "4"; } </script> </body> </html>
The size property sets or gets the value of the size attribute of a drop-down list.
The size attribute sets the number of visible options in a drop-down list.
The size property accepts and returns a number type value.