How can I create an HTML SELECT box that shows a prompt, but the prompt isn't one of the options?

Question

Hi, I'm trying to create a dropdown selector for a web page in HTML that I'd like to

1) Prompt the user for what it's looking for
2) NOT have the prompt be part of the options list.

Typically, this is accomplished using code like this:


What vehicle do you drive
Chevrolet
Ford
Lexus


If this code is used, it produces a dropdown box that prompts the user for "Which vehicle do you drive?" and the user can select. My issue with this method is that the user can select "Which vehicle do you drive?" as an option.

Is there any way to prompt the user for their input in a dropdown (select) box WITHOUT the prompt being part of the options?

Thanks!

Ah... I forgot to mention - I'd like to not have a label or prompt OUTSIDE OF the control... in other words it shouldn't look like:

What vehicle do you drive:
[Car \/]




It should look like this:

[What vehicle do you drive: \/]

Any ideas? I think it needs to be done with CSS or Javascript, but I don't know how - If anyone knows, I'd be grateful...

Thanks -

Mike Z

Answer 1

I think you are looking for something like this:

Answer 2

You should use label. In this case:

What vehicle do you drive

Chevrolet
Ford
Lexus


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Remove the first option. You should highlight the label in a different, more saturated style.

Answer 3

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