HTMLSelectElement: item() method
The HTMLSelectElement.item() method returns the
Element corresponding to the HTMLOptionElement whose
position in the options list corresponds to the index given in the parameter, or
null if there are none.
In JavaScript, using the array bracket syntax with an unsigned long, like
selectElt[index] is equivalent to
selectElt.namedItem(index).
Syntax
js
item(index)
// or collection[index]
Parameters
indexis anunsigned long.
Return value
itemis aHTMLOptionElement.
Examples
HTML
html
<form>
<select id="myFormControl">
<option id="o1">Opt 1</option>
<option id="o2">Opt 2</option>
</select>
</form>
JavaScript
js
// Returns the HTMLOptionElement representing #o2
elem1 = document.forms[0]["myFormControl"][1];
Specifications
| Specification |
|---|
| HTML Standard # dom-select-item-dev |
Browser compatibility
| desktop | mobile | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
item | |||||||||||
See also
HTMLSelectElementthat implements it.