option

Form

Attributes

attribute	default	description
id	none	specifies the unique ID
class	none	specifies the style sheet class
style	none	specifies the style sheet
name	none	specifies the name
value	none	specifies the value of the option to be sent to the server
label	none	spedifies the lavel for the option
disabled	---	specifies that a pull-down menu is disabled
selected	---	specifies that the option is initially selected

Support

HTML 2, HTML 3.2, HTML 4.01 [STF], XHTML 1.0 [STF], XHTML 1.1, XHTML Basic
Microsoft (MSDN)
[IE3 or later][Firefox 1 or later][Safari 1 or later][Opera 3 or later][Netscape 2 or later]

Explanation

The option tag specifies option items of the menu in a input form. Specify the selected attribute that makes a option item be initially selected.

Related Tags

form, optgroup, select

Sample Code [Output]

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html;charset=shift_jis">
<title>Sample</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Sample</h1>
<form method="get" action="../bbs.cgi">
<select name="Fruits">
<option>Apple</option>
<option>Grape</option>
<option>Pear</option>
</select>
</form>
</body>
</html>