Why does HTML select field with multiple="multiple" attribute always show all options?

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My dropdown always lists all values all are visible every time.

view

<label>Choose Employees</label>
<select name="select_employee[]" multiple="multiple">
    <option disabled="disabled" selected>Select</option>
        <? foreach ($employee->result() as $var) 
            {?> 
                <option value="<?echo $var->emp_id;?>"><?echo $var->emp_name;?></option>
            <?}?>
</select>

This is the permanent view. Is this a css issue..? Removing the array symbol it exists proper view..but I want to keep it as an array.

initially vie this way

@Arthi I don't get what you're asking for, and I might not be the only one. — Peter
– Peter, Commented Jun 18, 2015 at 6:03

Sougata Bose · Accepted Answer · 2015-06-18 05:27:10Z

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<select name="select_employee[]" multiple="multiple" size="1"> will display two options.

Default value is 1 for single select. If the multiple attribute is present, the default value is 4

edited Jun 18, 2015 at 5:27

answered Jun 18, 2015 at 5:13

Sougata Bose

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Peter · Accepted Answer · 2015-06-18 05:08:23Z

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You have multiple="multiple" in your code, which makes all the options visible because your user needs to be able to select more than one option.

Here is the documentation: http://www.w3schools.com/tags/att_select_multiple.asp

answered Jun 18, 2015 at 5:08

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