Interface HTMLOptionElement

All Superinterfaces:

Element, HTMLElement, Node

public interface HTMLOptionElement
extends HTMLElement

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

Field Summary

Fields inherited from 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()	Stores the initial value of the selected attribute.
boolean	getDisabled()	The control is unavailable in this context.
HTMLFormElement	getForm()	Returns the FORM element containing this control.Returns null if this control is not within the context of a form.
int	getIndex()	The index of this OPTION in its parent SELECT.
String	getLabel()	Option label for use in hierarchical menus.
boolean	getSelected()	Means that this option is initially selected.
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	setIndex(int index)
void	setLabel(String label)
void	setValue(String value)

Methods inherited from interface Element

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

Methods inherited from interface HTMLElement

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

Methods inherited from 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()

Stores the initial value of the selected attribute.

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.

setIndex

void setIndex(int index)

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()

Means that this option is initially selected. See the selected attribute definition in HTML 4.0.

getValue

String getValue()

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

setValue

void setValue(String value)