HTML | option Tag - GeeksforGeeks

The <option> tag in HTML is used to choose an option from a Drop-Down menu. This tag can be used with or without any attributes and needed value can be sent to the server.
The group of options can be created using <optgroup> Tag. It creates the group of related menu items.

Syntax:

<option> Contents... </option>

Attributes: The <option> tag contains four attributes which are listed below:

disabled: This attribute contains the value disabled which represents option is disabled.
label: This attribute contains the text value which represents the shorted label for option.
selected: This attribute contains the value selected which represents the item is per-selected when browser loaded.
value: This attribute contains the value text which sent to the server.

Example 1:

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
    <head> 
        <title>option tag</title> 
        <style> 
            body { 
                text-align:center; 
            } 
            h1 { 
                color:green; 
            } 
        </style> 
    </head> 
    <body> 
        <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1> 
        <h2><option> Tag</h2> 
        <select> 
            <option>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">PERL</option> 
        </select> 
    </body> 
</html>                     

Output:

Example 2:

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
    <head> 
        <title>option tag</title> 
        <style> 
            body { 
                text-align:center; 
            } 
            h1 { 
                color:green; 
            } 
        </style> 
    </head> 
    <body> 
        <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1> 
        <h2><option> Tag</h2> 
        <strong>Select City<br></strong> 
        <select> 
            <option>Allahabad</option> 
            <option>Pryagraj</option> 
            <option>Jaipur</option> 
            <option>Noida</option> 
        </select> 
    </body> 
</html>                     

Output:

Supported Browsers: The browser supported by <option> tag are listed below:

Google Chrome
Internet Explorer
Firefox
Safari
Opera

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