combobox - HTML combo box with option to type an entry

Question

I was under the impression you could type into a combo box besides selecting any values already in the list. However, I can't seem to find info on how to do this. Is there a property I need to add to it to allow typing of text?

Answer 1

Before datalist (see note below), you would supply an additional input element for people to type in their own option.

<select name="example">
  <option value="A">A</option>
  <option value="B">B</option>
  <option value="-">Other</option>
</select>

<input type="text" name="other">