> Markdown version of [ListSelect](https://vaadin.com/docs/v7/framework/components/components-listselect). Section index: [llms.txt](https://vaadin.com/docs/v7/framework/llms.txt)

# <a id="components.listselect"></a>ListSelect

[Image: Live Demo]

The ListSelect component is list box that shows the selectable items in a vertical list. If the number of items exceeds the height of the component, a scrollbar is shown. The component allows both single and multiple selection modes, which you can set with setMultiSelect(). It is visually identical in both modes.

```java
// Create the selection component
ListSelect select = new ListSelect("The List");

// Add some items (here by the item ID as the caption)
select.addItems("Mercury", "Venus", "Earth", ...);

select.setNullSelectionAllowed(false);

// Show 5 items and a scrollbar if there are more
select.setRows(5);
```

The number of visible items is set with setRows().

[Image: listselect basic]

The ListSelect Component

Common selection component features are described in ["Selection Components"](https://vaadin.com/docs/v7/framework/components/components-selection.md#components.selection).

## <a id="css-style-rules"></a>CSS Style Rules

```css
.v-select {}
  .v-select-select {}
    option {}
```

The component has an overall v-select style. The native \<select> element has v-select-select style. The items are represented as \<option> elements.