<option> tag — TutorialBrain

HTML <option> tag

The <option> tag displays option in drop down list.

The <option> element is nested inside the <select> or <datalist> element.

Syntax:
<option value=”text”>some text….</option>

Example

<select>
  <option value="SONY">SONY</option>
  <option value="APPLE">APPLE</option>
  <option value="HTC">HTC</option>
  <option value="NOKIA">NOKIA</option>
  <option value="SAMSUNG">SAMSUNG</option>
  <option value="MOTOROLA">MOTOROLA</option>
</select>

Default value

NONE

How Browser will display

INLINE.

Difference between HTML4.01, XHTML and HTML5

HTML4	XHTML	HTML5
None	None	None

Attributes used with <option> tag

Attribute	Description
label	Defines a label for the options
disabled	Disables all the options from the drop down.
selected	It will automotically preselect an option when you load the page.
value	Defines the value of the element to send to the server

Global Attributes

The <option> tag supports global attributes.

Event Attributes

The <option> tag supports event attributes.

Supporting Browsers

Related Tags

<select>, <datalist>, <select>, <form>, <fieldset>, <legend>, <textarea>, <input>, <label>, <button> and <optgroup> tags.