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HTMLOptionElement: value property

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The value property of the HTMLOptionElement interface represents the value of the <option> element as a string, or the empty string if no value is set. It reflects the element’s value attribute, if present. Otherwise, it returns or sets the contents of the element, similar to the textContent property.

Value

A string containing the value attribute value, if present, or the contents of the element.

Examples

const optionElement = document.querySelector("datalist option:first-of-type");
const oldValue = optionElement.value;
optionElement.value = oldValue.toUpperCase();

Specifications

SpecificationsStandards references are available on the canonical MDN page.

Browser compatibility

Browser compatibilityCompatibility data is available on the canonical MDN page.

See also