HTML Selected Attribute

The Selected is an attribute of the <option> element, which is used to define the default selection in a dropdown-list.

When any option uses this attribute, then that option should be pre-selected and displayed first, when the web page loads.

Syntax

Example: The following example uses the Selected attribute in the <option> tag with the Jaguar value.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title> 
Example of selected attribute
</title>
</head>
<body>
<h4> Select Your favourite Car from the following given options: </h4>
<br>
<select name="cars"> 
  <option value="Mercedes"> Mercedes </option>
   <option value="Lamborghini"> Lamborghini </option>
<!-- In the following option tag we specify the selected attribute for the Jaguar value, which is display as selected on the web page by default. -->
  <option value="Jaguar" selected> Jaguar </option>
  <option value="BMW" > BMW </option>
  <option value="Audi"> Audi </option> 
</select>
</body>
</html>

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Output:

Example 2: The following example uses the Selected attribute in the <option> tag with the Pomegranate value.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title> 
Second Example of selected attribute
</title>
</head>
<body>
<h4> Select Your favourite fruit from the following list of fruits: </h4>
<br>
<select name="fruits"> 
  <option value="Apple"> Apple </option>
   <option value="Banana"> Banana </option>
  <option value="Orange"> Orange </option>
<!-- In the following option tag we specify the selected attribute for the Pomegranate value, which is display as selected on the web page by default.-->
  <option value="Pomegranate" selected> Pomegranate </option>
  <option value="Grapes"> Grapes </option> 
   <option value="Mango"> Mango </option> 
</select>
</body>
</html>

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Output:

Browser Support

Element	Chrome	IE	Firefox	Opera	Safari
<selected>	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

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