HTMLSelectElement: options property

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The HTMLSelectElement.options read-only property returns a {{domxref("HTMLOptionsCollection")}} of the {{HTMLElement("option")}} elements contained by the {{HTMLElement("select")}} element.

Value

A {{domxref("HTMLOptionsCollection")}} containing the <option> elements contained by the <select> element.

Examples

HTML

<label for="test">Label</label>
<select id="test">
  <option value="1">Option 1</option>
  <option value="2">Option 2</option>
</select>

JavaScript

const select = document.getElementById("test");
for (const option of select.options) {
  console.log(option.label); // "Option 1" and "Option 2"
}

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Specifications

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Browser compatibility

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