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I have a HTML drop down list with list of options. When user clicks on the dropdown list, first five options with scrollbar should be seen. I want to achieve this using JavaScript

Solution 1:

try this https://jsfiddle.net/Ltkpshm9/ example i have added to the jsfiddel or simply use,

<select name="select1" onmousedown="if(this.options.length>5){this.size=5;}" onchange='this.size=0;' onblur="this.size=0;">
  <option value="one">Option1</option>
  <option value="two">Option2</option>
  <option value="three">Option3</option>
  <option value="four">Option4</option>
  <option value="five">Option5</option>
  <option value="siz">Option6</option>
  <option value="seven">Option7</option>
  <option value="eight">Option8</option>
</select>

Solution 2:

You can do this with just using html and css. You need to create a div that will contain your button as well as the "dropdown" div with the linked list inside. On the actual css for the dropdown div, you should specify a max-height to adjust how many links you want to show, as well as overflow:auto to make it scroll-able. Including a screenshot of how it should look, and here is an example just using HTML and inline CSS:enter image description here

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style type="text/css">
    .dropbtn {
    background-color: #4CAF50;
    color: white;
    padding: 16px;
    font-size: 16px;
    border: none;
    cursor: pointer;
}

.dropdown {
    position: relative;
    display: inline-block;
}

.dropdown-content {
    display: none;
    position: absolute;
    background-color: #f9f9f9;
    min-width: 160px;
    max-height: 200px;
    overflow: auto;
    box-shadow: 0px 8px 16px 0px rgba(0,0,0,0.2);
}

.dropdown-content a {
    color: black;
    padding: 12px 16px;
    text-decoration: none;
    display: block;
}

.dropdown-content a:hover {background-color: #f1f1f1}

.dropdown:hover .dropdown-content {
    display: block;
}

.dropdown:hover .dropbtn {
    background-color: #3e8e41;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>

<div class="dropdown">
  <button class="dropbtn">Dropdown</button>
  <div class="dropdown-content">
    <a href="#">Option 1</a>
    <a href="#">Option 2</a>
    <a href="#">Option 3</a>
    <a href="#">Option 4</a>
    <a href="#">Option 5</a>
    <a href="#">Option 6</a>
    <a href="#">Option 7</a>
    <a href="#">Option 8</a>
  </div>
</div>

</body>
</html>

*Also I just realized that I created an example with links and yours uses the option element, but the same concept should apply. Just edit the css of the dropdown-content class to include option:

.dropdown-content a, option {//same css here}

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