HTMLOptionElement: defaultSelected property

{{ APIRef("HTML DOM") }}

The defaultSelected property of the {{DOMxRef("HTMLOptionElement")}} interface specifies the default selected state of the element. This property reflects the {{htmlelement("option")}} element's selected attribute. The presence of the selected attribute sets the defaultSelected property to true.

Value

A boolean.

Examples

const optionElement = document.getElementById("water");
console.log(optionElement.defaultSelected);

Specifications

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Browser compatibility

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See also

• {{HTMLElement("option")}}
• {{DOMxRef("HTMLOptionElement.selected")}}
• {{DOMxRef("HTMLOptionElement.index")}}
• {{DOMxRef("HTMLOptionsCollection")}}
• {{cssxref(":default")}}