A list box is a GUI widget that allows the user to select one or more items from a list contained within a static, multiple line text box

Text box

A text box, text field or text entry box is a kind of widget used when building a graphical user interface . A text box's purpose is to allow the user to input text information to be used by the program...

. The user clicks inside the box on an item to select it, sometimes in combination with the Shift key

Shift key

The shift key is a modifier key on a keyboard, used to type capital letters and other alternate "upper" characters. There are typically two shift keys, on the left and right sides of the row below the home row...

 or Control key

Control key

In computing, a Control key is a modifier key which, when pressed in conjunction with another key, will perform a special operation ; similar to the Shift key, the Control key rarely performs any function when pressed by itself...

 in order to make multiple selections.

A list box is called select or select1 in the XForms

XForms

XForms is an XML format for the specification of a data processing model for XML data and user interface for the XML data, such as web forms...

 standard. Select is used for allowing the user to select many items from a list whereas select1 only allows the user to select a single item from a list.

See also

• Drop down list
  Drop-down list
  In computing with graphical user interfaces, a drop-down list is a user interface control GUI element , similar to a list box, which allows the user to choose one value from a list. When a drop-down list is inactive, it displays a single value. When activated, it displays a list of values, from...
  
   - Like a list box, but not permanently expanded to show the elements of the list.
• Combo box
  Combo box
  A combo box is a commonly used graphical user interface widget . It is a combination of a drop-down list or list box and a single-line textbox, allowing the user to either type a value directly into the control or choose from a list of existing options.Combo boxes are typically applied to provide...
  
  - Like a drop down list, but users also can make entries not on the list.