--- title: "Data List tag in HTML" description: "Data List tag in HTML" author: "Anonymous User" published: 2021-07-20 updated: 2021-07-20 canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/forum/156533/data-list-tag-in-html category: "html5" tags: ["html5"] reading_time: 2 minutes --- # Data List tag in HTML What is [Datalist](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/1797/change-text-on-button-in-datalist-not-working) tag in [HTML](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/1530/design-a-simple-stylish-calculator-using-html-css-and-javascript)? And why is it used? ## Replies ### Reply by Anonymous User HTML tag is used in field to provide autocomplete feature for words related to them. These are basically used to accomplish things put into the server. Like, if you are writing your state in any form then an autocomplete option will pop up with initial words which are retrieved with the help of datalist tag. The datalist tag is introduced in HTML5. The tag must be used with an element that has a 'list' attribute. The value of the 'list' attribute is bound to the datalist id. Let's discuss it with an example : ```         DataList     ``` Hope this information will be helpful for you. Happy Coding! --- Original Source: https://www.mindstick.com/forum/156533/data-list-tag-in-html Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.