HTML Select, embed object with text?

Question

Is it possible to have a HTML Select containing elements, not just text values but say an object (specifically i'd like to add a JQuery slider with the text) but if someone could advice me generally how to do this, i could investigate.

Answer 1

No, definitely not. The default select element is rendered by the browser and can not be extended beyond its standard behaviour.

You would need to look into entirely JavaScript-powered SELECT alternatives.

Here's a small list of jQuery based SELECT alternatives; there are many, many more.

Answer 2

If you want to do this, don't use an HTML select element. Use a div or whatever, and implement the whole thing in javascript. Then you can add whatever functionality you like.