The HTMLOptionElement interface represents <option> elements and inherits all classes and methods of the HTMLElement interface.
Inherits properties from its parent, HTMLElement.
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
defaultSelected | Boolean | Contains the initial value of the selected HTML attribute, indicating whether the option is selected by default or not. |
disabled | Boolean | Reflects the value of the disabled HTML attribute, which indicates that the option is unavailable to be selected. An option can also be disabled if it is a child of an <optgroup> element that is disabled. |
formRead only
| HTMLFormElement | If the option is a descendent of a <select> element, then this property has the same value as the form property of the corresponding HTMLSelectElement object; otherwise, it is null. |
indexRead only
| long | The position of the option within the list of options it belongs to, in tree-order. If the option is not part of a list of options, like when it is part of the <datalist> element, the value is 0. |
label | DOMString | Reflects the value of the label HTML attribute, which provides a label for the option. If this attribute isn't specifically set, reading it returns the element's text content. |
selected | Boolean | Indicates whether the option is currently selected. |
text | DOMString | Contains the text content of the element. |
value | DOMString | Reflects the value of the value HTML attribute, if it exists; otherwise reflects value of the Node.textContent property. |
Inherits methods from its parent, HTMLElement.
HTMLOptionElement.Option()HTMLOptionElement object. It has four values: the text to display, text, the value associated, value, the value of defaultSelected, and the value of selected. The last three values are optional.| Specification | Status | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| HTML Living Standard The definition of 'HTMLOptionElement' in that specification. | Living Standard | No change from HTML5. |
| HTML5 The definition of 'HTMLOptionElement' in that specification. | Recommendation | A constructor, Option(), has been added.The form property can be the null value. |
| Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 HTML Specification The definition of 'HTMLOptionElement' in that specification. | Obsolete | The selected property changed its meaning: it now indicates if the option is currently selected and no longer if it was initally selected.The defaultSelected property is no longer read-only. |
| Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 Specification The definition of 'HTMLOptionElement' in that specification. | Obsolete | Initial definition |
| Feature | Chrome | Edge | Firefox (Gecko) | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari (WebKit) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic support | (Yes) | (Yes) | 1.0 (1.7 or earlier)[1] | (Yes) | (Yes) | (Yes) |
| Feature | Android | Edge | Firefox Mobile (Gecko) | IE Phone | Opera Mobile | Safari Mobile |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic support | (Yes) | (Yes) | 1.0 (1.0)[1] | (Yes) | (Yes) | (Yes) |
[1] Prior to Gecko 7.0 (Firefox 7.0 / Thunderbird 7.0 / SeaMonkey 2.4), the label property incorrectly returned an empty string if not defined instead of returning the element's text content.
<option>.
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