HTMLOptionElement: defaultSelected property

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.

The defaultSelected property of the HTMLOptionElement interface specifies the default selected state of the element. This property reflects the <option> element's selected attribute. The presence of the selected attribute sets the defaultSelected property to true.

Value

A boolean.

Examples

js
const optionElement = document.getElementById("water");
console.log(optionElement.defaultSelected);

Specifications

Specification
HTML
# dom-option-defaultselected

Browser compatibility

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desktopmobile
Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
defaultSelected

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