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HTMLDataListElement

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since ⁨March 2019⁩.

The HTMLDataListElement interface provides special properties (beyond the HTMLElement object interface it also has available to it by inheritance) to manipulate <datalist> elements and their content.

EventTarget Node Element HTMLElement HTMLDataListElement

Instance properties

Inherits properties from its parent, HTMLElement.

HTMLDataListElement.options Read only

A HTMLCollection representing a collection of the contained option elements.

Instance methods

No specific method; inherits methods from its parent, HTMLElement.

Specifications

Specification
HTML>
# htmldatalistelement>

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Opera Safari Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet WebView Android WebView on iOS
HTMLDataListElement 20 12 4 ≤12.1 12.1 25 4 ≤12.1 12.2 1.5 4.4.3 12.2
options 20 12 4 ≤12.1 12.1 25 4 ≤12.1 12.2 1.5 4.4.3 12.2

See also

  • The HTML element implementing this interface: <datalist>

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