Sets or retrieves the status of the option.
Syntax
| HTML | N/A |
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| Scripting | [ bSelected = ] OPTION.defaultSelected |
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Possible Values
| bSelected | Boolean that
specifies or receives one of the following values.| true | Default. Option is selected by default. | false | Option is not selected by default. |
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The property is read/write.
The property has a default value of
true.
Expressions can be used in place of the preceding value(s), as of Microsoft® Internet Explorer 5. For more information, see About Dynamic Properties.
Remarks
The property can be changed programmatically, but doing so has no effect on the appearance of the option or the submitted value. The property does change the appearance of the selected option if the form is reset.
Standards Information
This property is defined in
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 
.
Applies To
See Also
selected