HyperText Markup Language/Tag List/option

Use

Used in relation to the select tag. It defines the options in the list box that should have been declared.

Example

Required attributes

value

The value of the option that has been selected. It is then sent to the form.

Optional attributes

class

Associated CSS classes.

dir

The direction of the text. The user has the choice of "rtl" (right to left) or "ltr" (left to right).

disabled

Locks the values away from the user. The user cannot modify the value within the tag.

id

A string that will be in the webpage.

lang

The ISO language code that the user wants to use for the tag.

selected

Defines the list item as the default selected.

style

CSS style command within the tag.

title

The title of the tag.

Standard attributes

• value

More info

A link to a page with more info, then the name of the site the info came from (i.e. W3Schools).

Last modified on 7 October 2010, at 20:05