Empty option w/o value Selectmenu

Description

Any <option> without value can be kept empty in the custom select menu.

Example

Following example demonstrates the use of empty option w/o value in the jQuery Mobile.

Live Demo 
<!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>
      <h2>Selectmenu Empty Option Value Example</h2>
      <div class = "ui-field-contain">
         <label for = "select-custom">Custom Select</label>
         
         <select id = "select-custom" data-native-menu = "false">
            <option></option>
            <option value = "mu">Mumbai</option>
            <option value = "pu">Pune</option>
            <option value = "be">Belgaum</option>
            <option value = "ch">Chennai</option>
            <option value = "ban">Bangalore</option>
         </select>
         
      </div>
   </body>
</html>

Output

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

  • Save the above html code as selectmenu_empty_option_value.html file in your server root folder.

  • Open this HTML file as http://localhost/selectmenu_empty_option_value.html and the following output will be displayed.

jquery_mobile_widgets.htm
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