HTML - <datalist>

Example1

<label>Choose a browser from this list:
<input list="browsers" name="myBrowser" /></label>
<datalist id="browsers">
  <option value="Chrome">
  <option value="Firefox">
  <option value="Internet Explorer">
  <option value="Opera">
  <option value="Safari">
  <option value="Microsoft Edge">
</datalist>

Result

Using the result

The <input> attribute name specifies the name of the control, which is submitted with the form data.

This form data is then available in the server in the http request: String myBrowser = request.getParameter("myBrowser");