HTML DOM Option Object

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# HTML DOM Option Object

## Option Object

The Option object represents an option in a dropdown list in an HTML form.

For each instance of an <option> tag in an HTML form, an Option object is created.

You can access an Option object by searching through the elements[] array of the form, or by using document.getElementById().

IE: Internet Explorer, F: Firefox, O: Opera, W3C: World Wide Web Consortium (Internet Standard).

### Option Object Properties

Property | Description | IE | F | O | W3C
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
defaultSelected | Returns the default value of the selected attribute | 4 | 1 | 9 | Yes
disabled | Sets or returns whether or not an option should be disabled | 4 | 1 | 9 | Yes
form | Returns a reference to the form that contains an option | 4 | 1 | 9 | Yes
id | Sets or returns the id of an option | 4 | 1 | 9 | Yes
index | Returns the index position of an option in a dropdown list | 4 | 1 | 9 | Yes
label | Sets or returns a label for an option (only for option-groups) | 6 |  |  | Yes
selected | Sets or returns the value of the selected attribute | 4 | 1 | 9 | Yes
text | Sets or returns the text value of an option | 4 | 1 | 9 | Yes
value | Sets or returns the value to be sent to the server | 4 | 1 | 9 | Yes

### Standard Properties

Property | Description | IE | F | O | W3C
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
className | Sets or returns the class attribute of an element | 5 | 1 | 9 | Yes
dir | Sets or returns the direction of text | 5 | 1 | 9 | Yes
lang | Sets or returns the language code for an element | 5 | 1 | 9 | Yes
title | Sets or returns an element's advisory title | 5 | 1 | 9 | Yes

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