OPTION XHTML Element

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4/8/2010

The OPTION element denotes one choice in a SELECT element. This element does not require a closing tag.

Using this Element

There are some common properties and collections that apply to all the elements of the document object model, see Common Properties, Methods and Collections for the HTML Elements in Internet Explorer Mobile.

This element can be used within a web page with attributes.

This element can be used within scripts where it will have properties, events and methods.

The following table shows items that Internet Explorer Mobile supports.

Attribute	Value	Description
CLASS		Associates the element with a CSS style. > [!NOTE] > Supported only for devices running Windows Mobile 2003 software or later.
ID		Uniquely identifies the element within a document. > [!NOTE] > Supported only for devices running Windows Mobile 2003 software or later.
SELECTED		Specifies that the option is the selected
STYLE		Provides the definition of the CSS styles used for this element. > [!NOTE] > Supported only for devices running Windows Mobile 2003 software or later.
VALUE	String	Specifies the value of the option. This value is submitted if the option is selected.

Property	Type	Access	Comments
defaultSelected	boolean	Read/Write	Retrieves whether the option is selected by default (by using the presence of the SELECTED attribute in the OPTION tag). The only possible values are True or False.
disabled	boolean	Read/Write	Sets or retrieves whether the OPTION should be disabled.
form		Read/Write	Sets or retrieves a reference to the form that contains the OPTION.
index	long	Read/Write	Sets or retrieves the zero-based index of the OPTION object in the options collection of the SELECT object.
label		Read/Write	Sets or retrieves a label for the OPTION object.
offsetHeight	Number	Read-only	Contains the height of the object in pixels, relative to the parent element.
offsetLeft	Number	Read-only	Contains the number of pixels from the left of the parent element.
offsetParent	String	Read-only	Contains a reference to the container object that defines the offsetTop and offsetLeft properties of the object.
offsetTop	Number	Read-only	Contains the number of pixels from the top of the parent element
offsetWidth	Number	Read-only	Contains the width of the object in pixels, relative to the parent element.
selected	boolean	Read/Write	Sets or retrieves whether the OPTION object is selected. The only possible values are True or False.
text	string	Read/Write	Sets or retrieves the text string specified by the OPTION tag.
value	string	Read/Write	Sets or retrieves the values of the OPTION tag.

This element has no associated events.

This property has no associated methods.

Windows Mobile

Pocket PC for Windows Mobile Version 5.0 and later, Smartphone for Windows Mobile Version 5.0 and later