Annotation of html5/spec/the-option-element.html, revision 1.90

1.88      mike        1: <!DOCTYPE html>
1.1       mike        2: <html lang="en-US-x-Hixie"><head><title>4.10.12 The option element &#8212; HTML5</title><style type="text/css">
                      3:    pre { margin-left: 2em; white-space: pre-wrap; }
                      4:    h2 { margin: 3em 0 1em 0; }
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                      6:    h4 { margin: 2.5em 0 0.75em 0; }
                      7:    h5, h6 { margin: 2.5em 0 1em; }
                      8:    h1 + h2, h1 + h2 + h2 { margin: 0.75em 0 0.75em; }
                      9:    h2 + h3, h3 + h4, h4 + h5, h5 + h6 { margin-top: 0.5em; }
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                     12:    dl, dd { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; }
                     13:    dt { margin-top: 0.75em; margin-bottom: 0.25em; clear: left; }
                     14:    dt + dt { margin-top: 0; }
                     15:    dd dt { margin-top: 0.25em; margin-bottom: 0; }
                     16:    dd p { margin-top: 0; }
                     17:    dd dl + p { margin-top: 1em; }
                     18:    dd table + p { margin-top: 1em; }
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                     20:    dt, dfn { font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; }
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                     22:    dt dfn { font-style: italic; }
                     23:    pre, code { font-size: inherit; font-family: monospace; font-variant: normal; }
                     24:    pre strong { color: black; font: inherit; font-weight: bold; background: yellow; }
                     25:    pre em { font-weight: bolder; font-style: normal; }
                     26:    @media screen { code { color: orangered; } code :link, code :visited { color: inherit; } }
                     27:    var sub { vertical-align: bottom; font-size: smaller; position: relative; top: 0.1em; }
                     28:    table { border-collapse: collapse; border-style: hidden hidden none hidden; }
                     29:    table thead, table tbody { border-bottom: solid; }
                     30:    table tbody th:first-child { border-left: solid; }
                     31:    table tbody th { text-align: left; }
                     32:    table td, table th { border-left: solid; border-right: solid; border-bottom: solid thin; vertical-align: top; padding: 0.2em; }
                     33:    blockquote { margin: 0 0 0 2em; border: 0; padding: 0; font-style: italic; }
                     34: 
                     35:    .bad, .bad *:not(.XXX) { color: gray; border-color: gray; background: transparent; }
                     36:    .matrix, .matrix td { border: none; text-align: right; }
                     37:    .matrix { margin-left: 2em; }
                     38:    .dice-example { border-collapse: collapse; border-style: hidden solid solid hidden; border-width: thin; margin-left: 3em; }
                     39:    .dice-example caption { width: 30em; font-size: smaller; font-style: italic; padding: 0.75em 0; text-align: left; }
                     40:    .dice-example td, .dice-example th { border: solid thin; width: 1.35em; height: 1.05em; text-align: center; padding: 0; }
                     41: 
                     42:    .toc dfn, h1 dfn, h2 dfn, h3 dfn, h4 dfn, h5 dfn, h6 dfn { font: inherit; }
                     43:    img.extra, p.overview { float: right; }
                     44:    pre.idl { border: solid thin; background: #EEEEEE; color: black; padding: 0.5em 1em; position: relative; }
                     45:    pre.idl :link, pre.idl :visited { color: inherit; background: transparent; }
                     46:    pre.idl::before { content: "IDL"; font: bold small sans-serif; padding: 0.5em; background: white; position: absolute; top: 0; margin: -1px 0 0 -4em; width: 1.5em; border: thin solid; border-radius: 0 0 0 0.5em }
                     47:    pre.css { border: solid thin; background: #FFFFEE; color: black; padding: 0.5em 1em; }
                     48:    pre.css:first-line { color: #AAAA50; }
                     49:    dl.domintro { color: green; margin: 2em 0 2em 2em; padding: 0.5em 1em; border: none; background: #DDFFDD; }
                     50:    hr + dl.domintro, div.impl + dl.domintro { margin-top: 2.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; }
                     51:    dl.domintro dt, dl.domintro dt * { color: black; text-decoration: none; }
                     52:    dl.domintro dd { margin: 0.5em 0 1em 2em; padding: 0; }
                     53:    dl.domintro dd p { margin: 0.5em 0; }
                     54:    dl.domintro:before { display: table; margin: -1em -0.5em -0.5em auto; width: auto; content: 'This box is non-normative. Implementation requirements are given below this box.'; color: black; font-style: italic; border: solid 2px; background: white; padding: 0 0.25em; }
                     55:    dl.switch { padding-left: 2em; }
                     56:    dl.switch > dt { text-indent: -1.5em; }
                     57:    dl.switch > dt:before { content: '\21AA'; padding: 0 0.5em 0 0; display: inline-block; width: 1em; text-align: right; line-height: 0.5em; }
                     58:    dl.triple { padding: 0 0 0 1em; }
                     59:    dl.triple dt, dl.triple dd { margin: 0; display: inline }
                     60:    dl.triple dt:after { content: ':'; }
                     61:    dl.triple dd:after { content: '\A'; white-space: pre; }
                     62:    .diff-old { text-decoration: line-through; color: silver; background: transparent; }
                     63:    .diff-chg, .diff-new { text-decoration: underline; color: green; background: transparent; }
                     64:    a .diff-new { border-bottom: 1px blue solid; }
                     65: 
                     66:    h2 { page-break-before: always; }
                     67:    h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 { page-break-after: avoid; }
                     68:    h1 + h2, hr + h2.no-toc { page-break-before: auto; }
                     69: 
                     70:    p  > span:not([title=""]):not([class="XXX"]):not([class="impl"]):not([class="note"]),
                     71:    li > span:not([title=""]):not([class="XXX"]):not([class="impl"]):not([class="note"]), { border-bottom: solid #9999CC; }
                     72: 
                     73:    div.head { margin: 0 0 1em; padding: 1em 0 0 0; }
                     74:    div.head p { margin: 0; }
                     75:    div.head h1 { margin: 0; }
                     76:    div.head .logo { float: right; margin: 0 1em; }
                     77:    div.head .logo img { border: none } /* remove border from top image */
                     78:    div.head dl { margin: 1em 0; }
                     79:    div.head p.copyright, div.head p.alt { font-size: x-small; font-style: oblique; margin: 0; }
                     80: 
                     81:    body > .toc > li { margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; }
                     82:    body > .toc.brief > li { margin-top: 0.35em; margin-bottom: 0.35em; }
                     83:    body > .toc > li > * { margin-bottom: 0.5em; }
                     84:    body > .toc > li > * > li > * { margin-bottom: 0.25em; }
                     85:    .toc, .toc li { list-style: none; }
                     86: 
                     87:    .brief { margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; line-height: 1.1; }
                     88:    .brief li { margin: 0; padding: 0; }
                     89:    .brief li p { margin: 0; padding: 0; }
                     90: 
                     91:    .category-list { margin-top: -0.75em; margin-bottom: 1em; line-height: 1.5; }
                     92:    .category-list::before { content: '\21D2\A0'; font-size: 1.2em; font-weight: 900; }
                     93:    .category-list li { display: inline; }
                     94:    .category-list li:not(:last-child)::after { content: ', '; }
                     95:    .category-list li > span, .category-list li > a { text-transform: lowercase; }
                     96:    .category-list li * { text-transform: none; } /* don't affect <code> nested in <a> */
                     97: 
                     98:    .XXX { color: #E50000; background: white; border: solid red; padding: 0.5em; margin: 1em 0; }
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                    101:    .annotation { border: solid thin black; background: #0C479D; color: white; position: relative; margin: 8px 0 20px 0; }
                    102:    .annotation:before { position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 6px -6px -6px 6px; background: #333333; z-index: -1; content: ''; }
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                    105:    .annotation span { border: none ! important; }
                    106:    .note { color: green; background: transparent; font-family: sans-serif; }
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                    116:    p.warning:before { content: '\26A0 Warning! '; }
                    117: 
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                    123: 
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                    128:      color: black;
                    129:      margin: 0 0 1em 0.15em;
                    130:      padding: 0 1em 0.25em 0.75em;
                    131:      border-left: solid #9999FF 0.25em;
                    132:      position: relative;
                    133:      z-index: 1;
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                    145:      border-color: #9999FF;
                    146:      border-width: 0.25em;
                    147:    }
                    148: 
                    149:    .example { display: block; color: #222222; background: #FCFCFC; border-left: double; margin-left: 2em; padding-left: 1em; }
                    150:    td > .example:only-child { margin: 0 0 0 0.1em; }
                    151: 
                    152:    ul.domTree, ul.domTree ul { padding: 0 0 0 1em; margin: 0; }
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                    158:    ul.domTree .t1 code { color: purple; font-weight: bold; }
                    159:    ul.domTree .t2 { font-style: normal; font-family: monospace; }
                    160:    ul.domTree .t2 .name { color: black; font-weight: bold; }
                    161:    ul.domTree .t2 .value { color: blue; font-weight: normal; }
                    162:    ul.domTree .t3 code, .domTree .t4 code, .domTree .t5 code { color: gray; }
                    163:    ul.domTree .t7 code, .domTree .t8 code { color: green; }
                    164:    ul.domTree .t10 code { color: teal; }
                    165: 
                    166:    body.dfnEnabled dfn { cursor: pointer; }
                    167:    .dfnPanel {
                    168:      display: inline;
                    169:      position: absolute;
                    170:      z-index: 10;
                    171:      height: auto;
                    172:      width: auto;
                    173:      padding: 0.5em 0.75em;
                    174:      font: small sans-serif, Droid Sans Fallback;
                    175:      background: #DDDDDD;
                    176:      color: black;
                    177:      border: outset 0.2em;
                    178:    }
                    179:    .dfnPanel * { margin: 0; padding: 0; font: inherit; text-indent: 0; }
                    180:    .dfnPanel :link, .dfnPanel :visited { color: black; }
                    181:    .dfnPanel p { font-weight: bolder; }
                    182:    .dfnPanel * + p { margin-top: 0.25em; }
                    183:    .dfnPanel li { list-style-position: inside; }
                    184: 
                    185:    #configUI { position: absolute; z-index: 20; top: 10em; right: 1em; width: 11em; font-size: small; }
                    186:    #configUI p { margin: 0.5em 0; padding: 0.3em; background: #EEEEEE; color: black; border: inset thin; }
                    187:    #configUI p label { display: block; }
                    188:    #configUI #updateUI, #configUI .loginUI { text-align: center; }
                    189:    #configUI input[type=button] { display: block; margin: auto; }
                    190: 
                    191:    fieldset { margin: 1em; padding: 0.5em 1em; }
                    192:    fieldset > legend + * { margin-top: 0; }
                    193:    fieldset > :last-child { margin-bottom: 0; }
                    194:    fieldset p { margin: 0.5em 0; }
                    195: 
1.85      mike      196:    .stability {
                    197:      position: fixed;
                    198:      bottom: 0;
                    199:      left: 0; right: 0;
                    200:      margin: 0 auto 0 auto;
                    201:      width: 50%;
                    202:      background: maroon; color: yellow;
                    203:      -webkit-border-radius: 1em 1em 0 0;
                    204:      -moz-border-radius: 1em 1em 0 0;
                    205:      border-radius: 1em 1em 0 0;
                    206:      -moz-box-shadow: 0 0 1em #500;
                    207:      -webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 1em #500;
                    208:      box-shadow: 0 0 1em red;
                    209:      padding: 0.5em 1em;
                    210:      text-align: center;
                    211:    }
                    212:    .stability strong {
                    213:      display: block;
                    214:    }
                    215:    .stability input {
                    216:      appearance: none; margin: 0; border: 0; padding: 0.25em 0.5em; background: transparent; color: black;
                    217:      position: absolute; top: -0.5em; right: 0; font: 1.25em sans-serif; text-align: center;
                    218:    }
                    219:    .stability input:hover {
                    220:      color: white;
                    221:      text-shadow: 0 0 2px black;
                    222:    }
                    223:    .stability input:active {
                    224:      padding: 0.3em 0.45em 0.2em 0.55em;
                    225:    }
                    226:    .stability :link, .stability :visited,
                    227:    .stability :link:hover, .stability :visited:hover {
                    228:      background: transparent;
                    229:      color: white;
                    230:    }
                    231: 
                    232:   </style><link href="http://www.w3.org/StyleSheets/TR/W3C-WD" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"><meta content="noindex" name="robots"><style type="text/css">
1.1       mike      233: 
                    234:    .applies thead th > * { display: block; }
                    235:    .applies thead code { display: block; }
                    236:    .applies tbody th { whitespace: nowrap; }
                    237:    .applies td { text-align: center; }
                    238:    .applies .yes { background: yellow; }
                    239: 
                    240:    .matrix, .matrix td { border: hidden; text-align: right; }
                    241:    .matrix { margin-left: 2em; }
                    242: 
                    243:    .dice-example { border-collapse: collapse; border-style: hidden solid solid hidden; border-width: thin; margin-left: 3em; }
                    244:    .dice-example caption { width: 30em; font-size: smaller; font-style: italic; padding: 0.75em 0; text-align: left; }
                    245:    .dice-example td, .dice-example th { border: solid thin; width: 1.35em; height: 1.05em; text-align: center; padding: 0; }
                    246: 
                    247:    td.eg { border-width: thin; text-align: center; }
                    248: 
                    249:    #table-example-1 { border: solid thin; border-collapse: collapse; margin-left: 3em; }
                    250:    #table-example-1 * { font-family: "Essays1743", serif; line-height: 1.01em; }
                    251:    #table-example-1 caption { padding-bottom: 0.5em; }
                    252:    #table-example-1 thead, #table-example-1 tbody { border: none; }
                    253:    #table-example-1 th, #table-example-1 td { border: solid thin; }
                    254:    #table-example-1 th { font-weight: normal; }
                    255:    #table-example-1 td { border-style: none solid; vertical-align: top; }
                    256:    #table-example-1 th { padding: 0.5em; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; }
                    257:    #table-example-1 tbody tr:first-child td { padding-top: 0.5em; }
                    258:    #table-example-1 tbody tr:last-child td { padding-bottom: 1.5em; }
                    259:    #table-example-1 tbody td:first-child { padding-left: 2.5em; padding-right: 0; width: 9em; }
                    260:    #table-example-1 tbody td:first-child::after { content: leader(". "); }
                    261:    #table-example-1 tbody td { padding-left: 2em; padding-right: 2em; }
                    262:    #table-example-1 tbody td:first-child + td { width: 10em; }
                    263:    #table-example-1 tbody td:first-child + td ~ td { width: 2.5em; }
                    264:    #table-example-1 tbody td:first-child + td + td + td ~ td { width: 1.25em; }
                    265: 
                    266:    .apple-table-examples { border: none; border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 1.5em 0em; width: 40em; margin-left: 3em; }
                    267:    .apple-table-examples * { font-family: "Times", serif; }
                    268:    .apple-table-examples td, .apple-table-examples th { border: none; white-space: nowrap; padding-top: 0; padding-bottom: 0; }
                    269:    .apple-table-examples tbody th:first-child { border-left: none; width: 100%; }
                    270:    .apple-table-examples thead th:first-child ~ th { font-size: smaller; font-weight: bolder; border-bottom: solid 2px; text-align: center; }
                    271:    .apple-table-examples tbody th::after, .apple-table-examples tfoot th::after { content: leader(". ") }
                    272:    .apple-table-examples tbody th, .apple-table-examples tfoot th { font: inherit; text-align: left; }
                    273:    .apple-table-examples td { text-align: right; vertical-align: top; }
                    274:    .apple-table-examples.e1 tbody tr:last-child td { border-bottom: solid 1px; }
                    275:    .apple-table-examples.e1 tbody + tbody tr:last-child td { border-bottom: double 3px; }
                    276:    .apple-table-examples.e2 th[scope=row] { padding-left: 1em; }
                    277:    .apple-table-examples sup { line-height: 0; }
                    278: 
                    279:    .details-example img { vertical-align: top; }
                    280: 
                    281:    #base64-table {
                    282:      white-space: nowrap;
                    283:      font-size: 0.6em;
                    284:      column-width: 6em;
                    285:      column-count: 5;
                    286:      column-gap: 1em;
                    287:      -moz-column-width: 6em;
                    288:      -moz-column-count: 5;
                    289:      -moz-column-gap: 1em;
                    290:      -webkit-column-width: 6em;
                    291:      -webkit-column-count: 5;
                    292:      -webkit-column-gap: 1em;
                    293:    }
                    294:    #base64-table thead { display: none; }
                    295:    #base64-table * { border: none; }
                    296:    #base64-table tbody td:first-child:after { content: ':'; }
                    297:    #base64-table tbody td:last-child { text-align: right; }
                    298: 
                    299:    #named-character-references-table {
                    300:      white-space: nowrap;
                    301:      font-size: 0.6em;
                    302:      column-width: 30em;
                    303:      column-gap: 1em;
                    304:      -moz-column-width: 30em;
                    305:      -moz-column-gap: 1em;
                    306:      -webkit-column-width: 30em;
                    307:      -webkit-column-gap: 1em;
                    308:    }
                    309:    #named-character-references-table > table > tbody > tr > td:first-child + td,
                    310:    #named-character-references-table > table > tbody > tr > td:last-child { text-align: center; }
                    311:    #named-character-references-table > table > tbody > tr > td:last-child:hover > span { position: absolute; top: auto; left: auto; margin-left: 0.5em; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 5em; border: outset; padding: 0.25em 0.5em; background: white; width: 1.25em; height: auto; text-align: center; }
                    312:    #named-character-references-table > table > tbody > tr#entity-CounterClockwiseContourIntegral > td:first-child { font-size: 0.5em; }
                    313: 
                    314:    .glyph.control { color: red; }
                    315: 
                    316:    @font-face {
                    317:      font-family: 'Essays1743';
                    318:      src: url('http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/fonts/Essays1743.ttf');
                    319:    }
                    320:    @font-face {
                    321:      font-family: 'Essays1743';
                    322:      font-weight: bold;
                    323:      src: url('http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/fonts/Essays1743-Bold.ttf');
                    324:    }
                    325:    @font-face {
                    326:      font-family: 'Essays1743';
                    327:      font-style: italic;
                    328:      src: url('http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/fonts/Essays1743-Italic.ttf');
                    329:    }
                    330:    @font-face {
                    331:      font-family: 'Essays1743';
                    332:      font-style: italic;
                    333:      font-weight: bold;
                    334:      src: url('http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/fonts/Essays1743-BoldItalic.ttf');
                    335:    }
                    336: 
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                    374: 
1.85      mike      375:   <h4 id="the-option-element"><span class="secno">4.10.12 </span>The <dfn><code>option</code></dfn> element</h4>
                    376: 
                    377:   <dl class="element"><dt><a href="element-definitions.html#element-dfn-categories" title="element-dfn-categories">Categories</a>:</dt>
1.1       mike      378:    <dd>None.</dd>
1.25      mike      379:    <dt><a href="element-definitions.html#element-dfn-contexts" title="element-dfn-contexts">Contexts in which this element can be used</a>:</dt>
1.1       mike      380:    <dd>As a child of a <code><a href="the-select-element.html#the-select-element">select</a></code> element.</dd>
                    381:    <dd>As a child of a <code><a href="the-datalist-element.html#the-datalist-element">datalist</a></code> element.</dd>
                    382:    <dd>As a child of an <code><a href="the-optgroup-element.html#the-optgroup-element">optgroup</a></code> element.</dd>
1.25      mike      383:    <dt><a href="element-definitions.html#element-dfn-content-model" title="element-dfn-content-model">Content model</a>:</dt>
1.1       mike      384:    <dd><a href="content-models.html#text-content" title="text content">Text</a>.</dd>
1.25      mike      385:    <dt><a href="element-definitions.html#element-dfn-attributes" title="element-dfn-attributes">Content attributes</a>:</dt>
1.1       mike      386:    <dd><a href="global-attributes.html#global-attributes">Global attributes</a></dd>
                    387:    <dd><code title="attr-option-disabled"><a href="#attr-option-disabled">disabled</a></code></dd>
                    388:    <dd><code title="attr-option-label"><a href="#attr-option-label">label</a></code></dd>
                    389:    <dd><code title="attr-option-selected"><a href="#attr-option-selected">selected</a></code></dd>
                    390:    <dd><code title="attr-option-value"><a href="#attr-option-value">value</a></code></dd>
1.25      mike      391:    <dt><a href="element-definitions.html#element-dfn-dom" title="element-dfn-dom">DOM interface</a>:</dt>
1.1       mike      392:    <dd>
                    393: <pre class="idl">[NamedConstructor=<a href="#dom-option" title="dom-option">Option</a>(),
                    394:  NamedConstructor=<a href="#dom-option-t" title="dom-option-t">Option</a>(DOMString text),
                    395:  NamedConstructor=<a href="#dom-option-tv" title="dom-option-tv">Option</a>(DOMString text, DOMString value),
                    396:  NamedConstructor=<a href="#dom-option-tvd" title="dom-option-tvd">Option</a>(DOMString text, DOMString value, boolean defaultSelected),
                    397:  NamedConstructor=<a href="#dom-option-tvds" title="dom-option-tvds">Option</a>(DOMString text, DOMString value, boolean defaultSelected, boolean selected)]
                    398: interface <dfn id="htmloptionelement">HTMLOptionElement</dfn> : <a href="elements.html#htmlelement">HTMLElement</a> {
                    399:            attribute boolean <a href="#dom-option-disabled" title="dom-option-disabled">disabled</a>;
                    400:   readonly attribute <a href="the-form-element.html#htmlformelement">HTMLFormElement</a>? <a href="#dom-option-form" title="dom-option-form">form</a>;
                    401:            attribute DOMString <a href="#dom-option-label" title="dom-option-label">label</a>;
                    402:            attribute boolean <a href="#dom-option-defaultselected" title="dom-option-defaultSelected">defaultSelected</a>;
                    403:            attribute boolean <a href="#dom-option-selected" title="dom-option-selected">selected</a>;
                    404:            attribute DOMString <a href="#dom-option-value" title="dom-option-value">value</a>;
                    405: 
                    406:            attribute DOMString <a href="#dom-option-text" title="dom-option-text">text</a>;
                    407:   readonly attribute long <a href="#dom-option-index" title="dom-option-index">index</a>;
                    408: };</pre>
                    409:    </dd>
                    410:   </dl><p>The <code><a href="#the-option-element">option</a></code> element <a href="rendering.html#represents">represents</a> an option
                    411:   in a <code><a href="the-select-element.html#the-select-element">select</a></code> element or as part of a list of suggestions
1.85      mike      412:   in a <code><a href="the-datalist-element.html#the-datalist-element">datalist</a></code> element.</p>
                    413: 
                    414:   <p>In certain circumstances described in the definition of the
1.1       mike      415:   <code><a href="the-select-element.html#the-select-element">select</a></code> element, an <code><a href="#the-option-element">option</a></code> element can be a
                    416:   <code><a href="the-select-element.html#the-select-element">select</a></code> element's <a href="the-select-element.html#placeholder-label-option">placeholder label option</a>.
                    417:   A <a href="the-select-element.html#placeholder-label-option">placeholder label option</a> does not represent an actual
                    418:   option, but instead represents a label for the <code><a href="the-select-element.html#the-select-element">select</a></code>
1.85      mike      419:   control.</p>
                    420: 
                    421:   <p>The <dfn id="attr-option-disabled" title="attr-option-disabled"><code>disabled</code></dfn>
1.1       mike      422:   attribute is a <a href="common-microsyntaxes.html#boolean-attribute">boolean attribute</a>. An
                    423:   <code><a href="#the-option-element">option</a></code> element is <dfn id="concept-option-disabled" title="concept-option-disabled">disabled</dfn> if its <code title="attr-option-disabled"><a href="#attr-option-disabled">disabled</a></code> attribute is present or
                    424:   if it is a child of an <code><a href="the-optgroup-element.html#the-optgroup-element">optgroup</a></code> element whose <code title="attr-optgroup-disabled"><a href="the-optgroup-element.html#attr-optgroup-disabled">disabled</a></code> attribute is
1.85      mike      425:   present.</p>
                    426: 
                    427:   <div class="impl">
1.1       mike      428: 
                    429:   <p>An <code><a href="#the-option-element">option</a></code> element that is <a href="#attr-option-disabled" title="attr-option-disabled">disabled</a> must prevent any <code title="event-click"><a href="infrastructure.html#event-click">click</a></code> events that are <a href="webappapis.html#queue-a-task" title="queue
                    430:   a task">queued</a> on the <a href="webappapis.html#user-interaction-task-source">user interaction task
                    431:   source</a> from being dispatched on the element.</p>
                    432: 
1.85      mike      433:   </div>
                    434: 
                    435:   <p>The <dfn id="attr-option-label" title="attr-option-label"><code>label</code></dfn>
1.1       mike      436:   attribute provides a label for element. The <dfn id="concept-option-label" title="concept-option-label">label</dfn> of an <code><a href="#the-option-element">option</a></code>
                    437:   element is the value of the <code title="attr-option-label"><a href="#attr-option-label">label</a></code> content attribute, if there
1.85      mike      438:   is one, or, if there is not, the value of the element's <code title="dom-option-text"><a href="#dom-option-text">text</a></code> IDL attribute.</p>
                    439: 
                    440:   <p>The <dfn id="attr-option-value" title="attr-option-value"><code>value</code></dfn>
1.1       mike      441:   attribute provides a value for element. The <dfn id="concept-option-value" title="concept-option-value">value</dfn> of an <code><a href="#the-option-element">option</a></code>
                    442:   element is the value of the <code title="attr-option-value"><a href="#attr-option-value">value</a></code> content attribute, if there
1.85      mike      443:   is one, or, if there is not, the value of the element's <code title="dom-option-text"><a href="#dom-option-text">text</a></code> IDL attribute.</p>
                    444: 
                    445:   <p>The <dfn id="attr-option-selected" title="attr-option-selected"><code>selected</code></dfn>
1.1       mike      446:   attribute is a <a href="common-microsyntaxes.html#boolean-attribute">boolean attribute</a>. It represents the
                    447:   default <a href="#concept-option-selectedness" title="concept-option-selectedness">selectedness</a> of the
1.85      mike      448:   element.</p>
                    449: 
                    450:   <div class="impl">
1.1       mike      451: 
                    452:   <p>The <dfn id="concept-option-selectedness" title="concept-option-selectedness">selectedness</dfn>
                    453:   of an <code><a href="#the-option-element">option</a></code> element is a boolean state, initially
                    454:   false. Except where otherwise
                    455:   specified, when the element is created, its <a href="#concept-option-selectedness" title="concept-option-selectedness">selectedness</a> must be set
                    456:   to true if the element has a <code title="attr-option-selected"><a href="#attr-option-selected">selected</a></code> attribute. Whenever an
                    457:   <code><a href="#the-option-element">option</a></code> element's <code title="attr-option-selected"><a href="#attr-option-selected">selected</a></code> attribute is added, its
                    458:   <a href="#concept-option-selectedness" title="concept-option-selectedness">selectedness</a> must
                    459:   be set to true.</p>
                    460: 
                    461:   <p class="note">The <code title="dom-option-tvd"><a href="#dom-option-tvd">Option()</a></code>
                    462:   constructor with three or fewer arguments overrides the initial
                    463:   state of the <a href="#concept-option-selectedness" title="concept-option-selectedness">selectedness</a> state to
                    464:   always be false even if the third argument is true (implying that a
                    465:   <code title="attr-option-selected"><a href="#attr-option-selected">selected</a></code> attribute is to
                    466:   be set). The fourth argument can be used to explicitly set the
                    467:   initial <a href="#concept-option-selectedness" title="concept-option-selectedness">selectedness</a> state when
                    468:   using the constructor.</p>
                    469: 
                    470:   
                    471: 
1.85      mike      472:   </div>
                    473: 
                    474:   <p>A <code><a href="the-select-element.html#the-select-element">select</a></code> element whose <code title="attr-select-multiple"><a href="the-select-element.html#attr-select-multiple">multiple</a></code> attribute is not
1.1       mike      475:   specified must not have more than one descendant <code><a href="#the-option-element">option</a></code>
                    476:   element with its <code title="attr-option-selected"><a href="#attr-option-selected">selected</a></code>
1.85      mike      477:   attribute set.</p>
                    478: 
                    479:   <div class="impl">
1.1       mike      480: 
                    481:   <p>An <code><a href="#the-option-element">option</a></code> element's <dfn id="concept-option-index" title="concept-option-index">index</dfn> is the number of
                    482:   <code><a href="#the-option-element">option</a></code> element that are in the same <a href="the-select-element.html#concept-select-option-list" title="concept-select-option-list">list of options</a> but that
                    483:   come before it in <a href="infrastructure.html#tree-order">tree order</a>. If the
                    484:   <code><a href="#the-option-element">option</a></code> element is not in a <a href="the-select-element.html#concept-select-option-list" title="concept-select-option-list">list of options</a>, then the
                    485:   <code><a href="#the-option-element">option</a></code> element's <a href="#concept-option-index" title="concept-option-index">index</a> is zero.</p>
                    486: 
1.85      mike      487:   </div>
                    488: 
                    489: 
                    490:   <dl class="domintro"><dt><var title="">option</var> . <code title="dom-option-selected"><a href="#dom-option-selected">selected</a></code></dt>
1.1       mike      491: 
                    492:    <dd>
                    493: 
                    494:     <p>Returns true if the element is selected, and false otherwise.</p>
                    495: 
                    496:     <p>Can be set, to override the current state of the element.</p>
                    497: 
                    498:    </dd>
                    499: 
                    500:    <dt><var title="">option</var> . <code title="dom-option-index"><a href="#dom-option-index">index</a></code></dt>
                    501: 
                    502:    <dd>
                    503: 
                    504:     <p>Returns the index of the element in its <code><a href="the-select-element.html#the-select-element">select</a></code>
                    505:     element's <code title="dom-select-options"><a href="the-select-element.html#dom-select-options">options</a></code>
                    506:     list.</p>
                    507: 
                    508:    </dd>
                    509: 
                    510:    <dt><var title="">option</var> . <code title="dom-option-form"><a href="#dom-option-form">form</a></code></dt>
                    511: 
                    512:    <dd>
                    513: 
                    514:     <p>Returns the element's <code><a href="the-form-element.html#the-form-element">form</a></code> element, if any, or
                    515:     null otherwise.</p>
                    516: 
                    517:    </dd>
                    518: 
                    519:    <dt><var title="">option</var> . <code title="dom-option-text"><a href="#dom-option-text">text</a></code></dt>
                    520: 
                    521:    <dd>
                    522: 
                    523:     <p>Same as <code><a href="infrastructure.html#textcontent">textContent</a></code>, except that spaces are collapsed.</p>
                    524: 
                    525:    </dd>
                    526: 
                    527:    <dt><var title="">option</var> = new <code title="dom-option"><a href="#dom-option">Option</a></code>( [ <var title="">text</var> [, <var title="">value</var> [, <var title="">defaultSelected</var> [, <var title="">selected</var> ] ] ] ] )</dt>
                    528: 
                    529:    <dd>
                    530: 
                    531:     <p>Returns a new <code><a href="#the-option-element">option</a></code> element.</p>
                    532: 
                    533:     <p>The <var title="">text</var> argument sets the contents of the element.</p>
                    534:     <p>The <var title="">value</var> argument sets the <code title="attr-option-value"><a href="#attr-option-value">value</a></code> attribute.</p>
                    535:     <p>The <var title="">defaultSelected</var> argument sets the <code title="attr-option-selected"><a href="#attr-option-selected">selected</a></code> attribute.</p>
                    536:     <p>The <var title="">selected</var> argument sets whether or not the element is selected. If it is omitted, even if the <var title="">defaultSelected</var> argument is true, the element is not selected.</p>
                    537: 
                    538:    </dd>
                    539: 
                    540:   </dl><div class="impl">
                    541: 
                    542:   <p>The <dfn id="dom-option-disabled" title="dom-option-disabled"><code>disabled</code></dfn>
                    543:   IDL attribute must <a href="common-dom-interfaces.html#reflect">reflect</a> the content attribute of the
                    544:   same name. The <dfn id="dom-option-defaultselected" title="dom-option-defaultSelected"><code>defaultSelected</code></dfn>
                    545:   IDL attribute must <a href="common-dom-interfaces.html#reflect">reflect</a> the <code title="attr-option-selected"><a href="#attr-option-selected">selected</a></code> content attribute.</p>
                    546: 
                    547:   <p>The <dfn id="dom-option-label" title="dom-option-label"><code>label</code></dfn> IDL
1.59      mike      548:   attribute, on getting, must return the element's <a href="#concept-option-label" title="concept-option-label">label</a>. On setting, the element's
                    549:   <code title="attr-option-label"><a href="#attr-option-label">label</a></code> content attribute must
                    550:   be set to the new value.</p>
1.1       mike      551: 
                    552:   <p>The <dfn id="dom-option-value" title="dom-option-value"><code>value</code></dfn> IDL
1.59      mike      553:   attribute, on getting, must return the element's <a href="#concept-option-value" title="concept-option-value">value</a>. On setting, the element's
                    554:   <code title="attr-option-value"><a href="#attr-option-value">value</a></code> content attribute must
                    555:   be set to the new value.</p>
1.1       mike      556: 
                    557:   <p>The <dfn id="dom-option-selected" title="dom-option-selected"><code>selected</code></dfn>
                    558:   IDL attribute, on getting, must return true if the element's <a href="#concept-option-selectedness" title="concept-option-selectedness">selectedness</a> is true, and
                    559:   false otherwise. On setting, it must set the element's <a href="#concept-option-selectedness" title="concept-option-selectedness">selectedness</a> to the new
                    560:   value.</p>
                    561: 
                    562:   <p>The <dfn id="dom-option-index" title="dom-option-index"><code>index</code></dfn> IDL
                    563:   attribute must return the element's <a href="#concept-option-index" title="concept-option-index">index</a>.</p>
                    564: 
                    565:   <p>The <dfn id="dom-option-text" title="dom-option-text"><code>text</code></dfn> IDL
                    566:   attribute, on getting, must return the value of the
                    567:   <code><a href="infrastructure.html#textcontent">textContent</a></code> IDL attribute on the element, with <a href="common-microsyntaxes.html#strip-leading-and-trailing-whitespace" title="strip leading and trailing whitespace">leading and trailing
                    568:   whitespace stripped</a>, and with any sequences of two or more
                    569:   <a href="common-microsyntaxes.html#space-character" title="space character">space characters</a> replaced by a
                    570:   single U+0020 SPACE character. On setting, it must act as if the
                    571:   <code><a href="infrastructure.html#textcontent">textContent</a></code> IDL attribute on the element had been set
                    572:   to the new value.</p>
                    573: 
                    574:   <p>The <dfn id="dom-option-form" title="dom-option-form"><code>form</code></dfn> IDL
                    575:   attribute's behavior depends on whether the <code><a href="#the-option-element">option</a></code>
                    576:   element is in a <code><a href="the-select-element.html#the-select-element">select</a></code> element or not. If the
                    577:   <code><a href="#the-option-element">option</a></code> has a <code><a href="the-select-element.html#the-select-element">select</a></code> element as its parent,
                    578:   or has an <code><a href="the-optgroup-element.html#the-optgroup-element">optgroup</a></code> element as its parent and that
                    579:   <code><a href="the-optgroup-element.html#the-optgroup-element">optgroup</a></code> element has a <code><a href="the-select-element.html#the-select-element">select</a></code> element as
                    580:   its parent, then the <code title="dom-option-form"><a href="#dom-option-form">form</a></code> IDL
                    581:   attribute must return the same value as the <code title="dom-fae-form"><a href="association-of-controls-and-forms.html#dom-fae-form">form</a></code> IDL attribute on that
                    582:   <code><a href="the-select-element.html#the-select-element">select</a></code> element. Otherwise, it must return null.</p>
                    583: 
                    584:   <p>Several constructors are provided for creating
                    585:   <code><a href="#htmloptionelement">HTMLOptionElement</a></code> objects (in addition to the factory
                    586:   methods from DOM Core such as <code title="">createElement()</code>): <dfn id="dom-option" title="dom-option"><code>Option()</code></dfn>, <dfn id="dom-option-t" title="dom-option-t"><code>Option(<var title="">text</var>)</code></dfn>, <dfn id="dom-option-tv" title="dom-option-tv"><code>Option(<var title="">text</var>, <var title="">value</var>)</code></dfn>, <dfn id="dom-option-tvd" title="dom-option-tvd"><code>Option(<var title="">text</var>, <var title="">value</var>, <var title="">defaultSelected</var>)</code></dfn>, and <dfn id="dom-option-tvds" title="dom-option-tvds"><code>Option(<var title="">text</var>, <var title="">value</var>, <var title="">defaultSelected</var>, <var title="">selected</var>)</code></dfn>. When invoked as constructors,
                    587:   these must return a new <code><a href="#htmloptionelement">HTMLOptionElement</a></code> object (a new
                    588:   <code><a href="#the-option-element">option</a></code> element). If the <var title="">text</var>
                    589:   argument is present, the new object must have as its only child a
1.46      mike      590:   <code><a href="infrastructure.html#text">Text</a></code> node whose data is the value of that argument. If
                    591:   the <var title="">value</var> argument is present, the new object
                    592:   must have a <code title="attr-option-value"><a href="#attr-option-value">value</a></code> attribute
                    593:   set with the value of the argument as its value. If the <var title="">defaultSelected</var> argument is present and true, the new
1.1       mike      594:   object must have a <code title="attr-option-selected"><a href="#attr-option-selected">selected</a></code> attribute set with no
                    595:   value. If the <var title="">selected</var> argument is present and
                    596:   true, the new object must have its <a href="#concept-option-selectedness" title="concept-option-selectedness">selectedness</a> set to true;
                    597:   otherwise the fourth argument is absent or false, and the <a href="#concept-option-selectedness" title="concept-option-selectedness">selectedness</a> must be set
                    598:   to false, even if the <var title="">defaultSelected</var> argument
                    599:   is present and true. The element's document must be the <a href="browsers.html#active-document">active
                    600:   document</a> of the <a href="browsers.html#browsing-context">browsing context</a> of the
                    601:   <code><a href="browsers.html#window">Window</a></code> object on which the interface object of the
                    602:   invoked constructor is found.</p>
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