using href links inside tag

Question

I have the following HTML code:

<select name="forma">
    <option value="Home">Home</option>
    <option value="Contact">Contact</option>
    <option value="Sitemap">Sitemap</option>
</select>

How can I make Home, Contact and Sitemap values as links? I used the following code and as I expected it didn't work:

<select name="forma">
    <option value="Home"><a href="home.php">Home</a></option>
    <option value="Contact"><a href="contact.php">Contact</a></option>
    <option value="Sitemap"><a href="sitemap.php">Sitemap</a></option>
</select>

Answer 1

Use a real dropdown menu instead: a list (ul, li) and links. Never misuse form elements as links.

Readers with screen readers usually scan through a automagically generated list of links – the’ll miss these important information. Many keyboard navigation systems (e.g. JAWS, Opera) offer different keyboard shortcuts for links and form elements.

If you still cannot drop the idea of a select don’t use the onchange handler at least. This is a real pain for keyboard users, it makes your third item nearly inaccessible.

Answer 2

    <select name="career" id="career" onchange="location = this.value;">
        <option value="resume" selected> All Applications </option>
        <option value="resume&j=14">Seo Expert</option>
        <option value="resume&j=21">Project Manager</option>
        <option value="resume&j=33">Php Developer</option>
    </select>