Option defaultSelected Property

HTML DOM Option Object

Definition and Usage

defaultSelected property returns selected property the default value.

If the default selected option is selected, this property returns true, otherwise return false.

Note:If an option is selected by default, it is displayed first in the drop-down list.

See also:

HTML Reference Manual:HTML <option> tag

Example

Check whether the selected option is selected by default:

var x = document.getElementById("mySelect").selectedIndex;
var y = document.getElementsByTagName("option");
alert("Is " + y[x].text + " selected by default? " + y[x].defaultSelected);

Try it yourself

Syntax

optionObject.defaultSelected

Technical details

Return value: Boolean value, if the option is selected by default, it returns true; otherwise, it returns false.

Browser support

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HTML DOM Option Object