Disply none but use the values as hidden values

[simplecode]

<div style="display:none ">
<select name="Country" >
<option value="UA">Ukraine</option>
</select>
</div>

when ii use style="display:none " as shown above , is that means drop down is not visible on UI but values are their and i can pass them to next form.

is it correct what am geting from this code.
i can use value of Country in next page ?

is this like a simple hidden variable ?

[simplecode]

any one its urgent for me ...please

[Mittineague]

That may work but I don't think it's really needed. A simple hidden input would do the same thing.

[Dan Schulz]

Also note that when you use display: none; it can foul up some screen readers (not that it would matter in this case). Mittineague also has the right idea. Just use a hidden input field instead.

[simplecode]

my case is little different , i cant use hidden field for this but i want to use drop down which is hidden.
so the main catch if am hiding this it will still work like hidden variable...?

[Mittineague]

If the drop-down is hidden, how can it be selected? And if it only has 1 option, why not just put that value in a hidden input?
Please explain why you can't use a hidden input so I can understand what you're trying to do.

work like hidden variable

Either way, it would be a variable that's hidden. It's just that a hidden input is the easier, and customary way to do this, and should make for a lot simpler coding.

[simplecode]

<select name="Country" >
<option selected value="US">United States</option>
<option value="CA">Canada</option>
<option value="UK">UK</option>
</select>

this is drop down and in background as per some conditions am selecting one vale of drop down

[Mittineague]

Even if there is more than 1 value, I think that whatever code is being used to determine the selects value would still be more complex than code that would assign a value to a hidden input.
As I said, it should end up with the same net result doing it with a select with display: hidden as it would with an input type=hidden, it's just unnecessarily more "messy". And as Dan Schulz mentioned, it could cause problems for some users.

[simplecode]

i think the difference between display:none and visibility:hidden is
display:none hides the complete block and dont occupies space but visibility:hidden hides the block and oddupies the space as well.

[KDesigns]

Is there a particular reason you can't use hidden fields? If it's a privacy issue (or something like that) wouldn't a hidden drop-down pretty much equal a hidden field??

Besides, I'm not sure the display:none will pass the value always which could make it not so reliable.... could be wrong though.

[Mittineague]

i think the difference between display:none and visibility:hidden is display:none hides the complete block and dont occupies space but visibility:hidden hides the block and oddupies the space as well.

Yes, that's the difference. But both display: hidden and input type=hiiden take up no view-port real-estate.

[simplecode]

yes that true but as i told you in this case i need that drop down and its value but i dont want to show them, this main concern.
yup you are right instead of that we can use hidden values but i cant do that and i want value of drop down to get pass from this page.
i think the above code is not goin to creat any issue.....
whts ur thoughts