<optgroup>: The Option Group element
Baseline Widely available
This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.
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Note: Optgroup elements may not be nested.
Attributes
This element includes the global attributes.
disabled
-
If this Boolean attribute is set, none of the items in this option group is selectable. Often browsers grey out such control and it won't receive any browsing events, like mouse clicks or focus-related ones.
label
-
The name of the group of options, which the browser can use when labeling the options in the user interface. This attribute is mandatory if this element is used.
Examples
html
<select>
<optgroup label="Group 1">
<option>Option 1.1</option>
</optgroup>
<optgroup label="Group 2">
<option>Option 2.1</option>
<option>Option 2.2</option>
</optgroup>
<optgroup label="Group 3" disabled>
<option>Option 3.1</option>
<option>Option 3.2</option>
<option>Option 3.3</option>
</optgroup>
</select>
Result
Technical summary
Content categories | None. |
---|---|
Permitted content | Zero or more <option> elements. |
Tag omission |
The start tag is mandatory. The end tag is optional if this element is
immediately followed by another <optgroup> element, or
if the parent element has no more content.
|
Permitted parents | A <select> element. |
Implicit ARIA role | group |
Permitted ARIA roles | No role permitted |
DOM interface | HTMLOptGroupElement |
Specifications
Specification |
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HTML Standard # the-optgroup-element |
Browser compatibility
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See also
- Other form-related elements:
<form>
,<legend>
,<label>
,<button>
,<select>
,<datalist>
,<option>
,<fieldset>
,<textarea>
,<input>
,<output>
,<progress>
and<meter>
.