jQuery Mobile - Form Multiple Selection

Description

Include multiple = "multiple" in the <select> elements to make multiple selected option in the select menu.

Example

Following example demonstrates the use of multiple selection in form in jQuery Mobile.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
   <head>
      <meta name = "viewport" content = "width = device-width, initial-scale = 1">
      <link rel = "stylesheet" href = "https://code.jquery.com/mobile/1.4.5/jquery.mobile-1.4.5.min.css">
      <script src = "https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.11.3.min.js"></script>
      <script src = "https://code.jquery.com/mobile/1.4.5/jquery.mobile-1.4.5.min.js"></script>
   </head>
   
   <body>
      <div data-role = "page">
         <div data-role = "header">
            <h2>Form Multiple Selection</h2>
         </div>
         
         <div data-role = "main" class = "ui-content">
            <form method = "get" action = "jquery_mobile/demo2.php">
               
               <fieldset class = "ui-field-contain">
                  <label for = "test">Multiple Select</label>
                  <select id = "test" multiple = "multiple" data-native-menu = "false" name = "test[]">
                     <option value = "Mumbai">Mumbai</option>
                     <option value = "Pune">Pune</option>
                     <option value = "Belgaum">Belgaum</option>
                     <option value = "Chennai">Chennai</option>
                     <option value = "Bangalore">Bangalore</option>
                  </select>
               </fieldset>
               
               <input type = "submit" value = "Submit" name = "submit" data-inline = "true">
            </form>
         </div>
         
      </div>
   </body>
</html>

Output

Let's carry out the following steps to see how the above code works −

Save the above html code as form_multiple_selection.html file in your server root folder.
Open this HTML file as http://localhost/form_multiple_selection.html and the following output will be displayed.

jquery_mobile_forms.htm

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