HTMLSelectElement: namedItem() method

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.

The HTMLSelectElement.namedItem() method returns the HTMLOptionElement corresponding to the HTMLOptionElement whose name or id match the specified name, or null if no option matches.

In JavaScript, using selectElt.namedItem('value') is equivalent to selectElt.options.namedItem('value').

Syntax

namedItem(str)

Parameters

str: A string representing the name or id of the option.

Return value

An HTMLOptionElement or null.

Examples

HTML

html

<form>
  <select id="myFormControl">
    <option id="o1">Opt 1</option>
    <option id="o2">Opt 2</option>
  </select>
</form>

JavaScript

let selectElt = document.getElementById("myFormControl");
elem1 = selectElt.namedItem("o1"); // Returns the HTMLOptionElement representing #o1

But, you cannot write:

let selectElt = document.getElementById("myFormControl");
elem1 = selectElt.o1; // Returns undefined
elem1 = selectElt["o1"]; // Returns undefined

Specifications

Specification
HTML Standard # dom-select-nameditem-dev

Browser compatibility

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