HTML | DOM Option selected Property

Last Updated : 27 Aug, 2019

The Option selected Property in HTML DOM is used for setting or returning the value of the selected state of an <option> Element. This is a Boolean Attribute.

Syntax:

It return the selected property.
```
optionObject.selected 
```
It sets the selected property.
```
optionObject.selected = true|false
```

Property Values: It contains a Boolean value which specifies that Whether the option would be selected or not.

true: It specifies the option is selected.
false: It has a Default value. An option would not be selected.

Return Value: It returns a Boolean value which represents that the option would be selected or not.

Example-1: This Example returns an Option selected Property.

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
  
<head> 
    <title> 
      DOM option Selected Property 
  </title> 
    <style> 
        body { 
            text-align: center; 
        } 
          
        h1 { 
            color: green; 
        } 
    </style> 
</head> 
  
<body> 
    <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1> 
    <h2>DOM option Selected Property</h2> 
    <form id="myGeeks"> 
        <select id="GFG"> 
            <option id="sudo"> 
              Choose an option 
          </option> 
            <option value="html"> 
              HTML 
          </option> 
            <option value="java"> 
              JAVA 
          </option> 
            <option value="C++"> 
              C++ 
          </option> 
            <option value="php"> 
              PHP 
          </option> 
            <option value="perl" selected> 
              PERL 
          </option> 
        </select> 
    </form> 
    <br> 
    <br> 
    <br> 
    <br> 
    <br> 
    <br> 
    <br> 
    <button onclick="myGeeks()"> 
      Submit 
  </button> 
    <h3 id="demo"></h3> 
    <script> 
        function myGeeks() { 
  
            var x = document.getElementById( 
                "sudo").selected; 
            document.getElementById( 
              "demo").innerHTML = x; 
        } 
    </script> 
  
</body> 
  
</html> 

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Example-2: This Example sets the Option Selected Property.

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
  
<head> 
    <title> 
      DOM option Selected Property 
  </title> 
    <style> 
        body { 
            text-align: center; 
        } 
          
        h1 { 
            color: green; 
        } 
    </style> 
</head> 
  
<body> 
    <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1> 
    <h2>DOM option Selected Property</h2> 
    <form id="myGeeks"> 
        <select id="GFG"> 
            <option id="sudo"> 
              Choose an option 
          </option> 
            <option value="html"> 
              HTML 
          </option> 
            <option value="java"> 
              JAVA 
          </option> 
            <option value="C++"> 
              C++ 
          </option> 
            <option value="php"> 
              PHP 
          </option> 
            <option value="perl" selected> 
              PERL 
          </option> 
        </select> 
    </form> 
    <br> 
    <br> 
    <br> 
    <br> 
    <br> 
    <br> 
    <br> 
    <button onclick="myGeeks()"> 
      Submit 
  </button> 
    <h3 id="demo"></h3> 
    <script> 
        function myGeeks() { 
  
            var x = document.getElementById( 
                "sudo").selected = true; 
            
            document.getElementById( 
              "demo").innerHTML = x; 
        } 
    </script> 
  
</body> 
  
</html> 