# Select
The component is a combination HTML custom elements that consists of a pre-defined trigger element, <auro-menu> for the panel content. The <auro-select> element presents a menu of options. The options within the menu are represented by <auro-menu> and <auro-menuoption> elements. You can pre-select options for the user with the `selected` attribute as part of the <auro-menuoption> API.
The component is used to create a drop-down list for user input within a form. It acts as a container for options.
Key features:
- Preset values
- Mark as required when in a form
- Disable individual options or the entire component
- Enable multi-select
- Separate options into groups with dividers
- Group options into nested levels
- Autocomplete
## Select Use Cases
See description.
## Getting Started
For Getting Started instructions, visit the [auro-select Getting Started page](https://auro.alaskaair.com/components/auro/select/getting-started).