Interface HTMLOptionElement

All Superinterfaces:: Element, HTMLElement, Node

public interface HTMLOptionElement extends HTMLElement

A selectable choice. See the OPTION element definition in HTML 4.0.

Since:: 1.4, DOM Level 2

Field Summary

Fields declared in interface Node

ATTRIBUTE_NODE, CDATA_SECTION_NODE, COMMENT_NODE, DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT_NODE, DOCUMENT_NODE, DOCUMENT_POSITION_CONTAINED_BY, DOCUMENT_POSITION_CONTAINS, DOCUMENT_POSITION_DISCONNECTED, DOCUMENT_POSITION_FOLLOWING, DOCUMENT_POSITION_IMPLEMENTATION_SPECIFIC, DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING, DOCUMENT_TYPE_NODE, ELEMENT_NODE, ENTITY_NODE, ENTITY_REFERENCE_NODE, NOTATION_NODE, PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION_NODE, TEXT_NODE

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`boolean`	`getDefaultSelected()`	Represents the value of the HTML selected attribute.
`boolean`	`getDisabled()`	The control is unavailable in this context.
`HTMLFormElement`	`getForm()`	Returns the `FORM` element containing this control.
`int`	`getIndex()`	The index of this `OPTION` in its parent `SELECT` , starting from 0.
`String`	`getLabel()`	Option label for use in hierarchical menus.
`boolean`	`getSelected()`	Represents the current state of the corresponding form control, in an interactive user agent.
`String`	`getText()`	The text contained within the option element.
`String`	`getValue()`	The current form control value.
`void`	`setDefaultSelected(boolean defaultSelected)`
`void`	`setDisabled(boolean disabled)`
`void`	`setLabel(String label)`
`void`	`setSelected(boolean selected)`
`void`	`setValue(String value)`

Methods declared in interface Element

getAttribute, getAttributeNode, getAttributeNodeNS, getAttributeNS, getElementsByTagName, getElementsByTagNameNS, getSchemaTypeInfo, getTagName, hasAttribute, hasAttributeNS, removeAttribute, removeAttributeNode, removeAttributeNS, setAttribute, setAttributeNode, setAttributeNodeNS, setAttributeNS, setIdAttribute, setIdAttributeNode, setIdAttributeNS

Methods declared in interface HTMLElement

getClassName, getDir, getId, getLang, getTitle, setClassName, setDir, setId, setLang, setTitle

Methods declared in interface Node

appendChild, cloneNode, compareDocumentPosition, getAttributes, getBaseURI, getChildNodes, getFeature, getFirstChild, getLastChild, getLocalName, getNamespaceURI, getNextSibling, getNodeName, getNodeType, getNodeValue, getOwnerDocument, getParentNode, getPrefix, getPreviousSibling, getTextContent, getUserData, hasAttributes, hasChildNodes, insertBefore, isDefaultNamespace, isEqualNode, isSameNode, isSupported, lookupNamespaceURI, lookupPrefix, normalize, removeChild, replaceChild, setNodeValue, setPrefix, setTextContent, setUserData

Method Details

getForm

HTMLFormElement getForm()

Returns the FORM element containing this control. Returns null if this control is not within the context of a form.

getDefaultSelected

boolean getDefaultSelected()

Represents the value of the HTML selected attribute. The value of this attribute does not change if the state of the corresponding form control, in an interactive user agent, changes. Changing defaultSelected , however, resets the state of the form control. See the selected attribute definition in HTML 4.0.

setDefaultSelected

void setDefaultSelected(boolean defaultSelected)

getText

String getText()

The text contained within the option element.

getIndex

int getIndex()

The index of this OPTION in its parent SELECT , starting from 0.

getDisabled

boolean getDisabled()

The control is unavailable in this context. See the disabled attribute definition in HTML 4.0.

setDisabled

void setDisabled(boolean disabled)

getLabel

String getLabel()

Option label for use in hierarchical menus. See the label attribute definition in HTML 4.0.

setLabel

void setLabel(String label)

getSelected

boolean getSelected()

Represents the current state of the corresponding form control, in an interactive user agent. Changing this attribute changes the state of the form control, but does not change the value of the HTML selected attribute of the element.

setSelected

void setSelected(boolean selected)

getValue

String getValue()

The current form control value. See the value attribute definition in HTML 4.0.

setValue

void setValue(String value)

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