Allows authors to group choices logically in a select element.
Members Table
The following table lists the members exposed by the
optGroup
object.
Show:
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Attribute | Property | Description |
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DISABLED | disabled |
Sets or retrieves a value that indicates whether the user can interact with the object. | LABEL | label |
Sets or retrieves the label for the option group. |
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Remarks
In HTML 4.0 , all OPTGROUP elements must be specified directly within a SELECT element. Groups may not be nested.
You can add OPTGROUP elements only to a SELECT element located in the same window where the OPTGROUP elements are created.
This element is available in HTML as of Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.
This element is a block element.
This element requires a closing tag.
Example
The following example shows how to use the OPTGROUP element to create groups of items in a drop-down list box.
<SELECT>
<OPTGROUP LABEL="Alkaline Metals">
<OPTION>Lithium (Li)</OPTION>
<OPTION>Sodium (Na)</OPTION>
<OPTION>Potassium (K)</OPTION>
</OPTGROUP>
<OPTGROUP LABEL="Halogens">
<OPTION>Fluorine (F)</OPTION>
<OPTION>Chlorine (Cl)</OPTION>
<OPTION>Bromine (Br)</OPTION>
</OPTGROUP>
</SELECT>
Standards Information
This object is defined in
HTML 4.0 .