Widget index / Basic controls · Download this HTML
Ready — try the example.
States and behavior
Selected row, focus, scroll and disabled item. Selection does not activate the document.
Keyboard
Arrows, Home/End and type-ahead choose an item; Tab reaches Open; Enter activates the button.
Scope and adaptation
This native list deliberately keeps selection and the explicit Open action separate.
Sources
Microsoft preliminary guide (1995), chapters 7–8 · Modern browser accessibility pattern
Original implementation; system colors are represented by CSS variables. The default 13 px system-font stack is a readable browser adaptation. The 1995 source is preliminary, not a final product specification. Test the target browser and native host before shipping.