HTMLOptionElement: selected 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 selected
property of the HTMLOptionElement
interface specifies the current selectedness of the element; that is, whether the <option>
is selected or not.
The presence of the HTML selected
attribute indicates the option is selected by default. It does not indicate whether this option is currently selected: if the option's state changes, the selected
content attribute does not reflect the change; only the HTMLOptionElement
's selected
IDL property is updated. The selected
attribute is reflected by the defaultSelected
property.
Value
A boolean.
Examples
const optionElement = document.getElementById("water");
console.log(optionElement.selected);
Specifications
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HTML # dom-option-selected-dev |
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