This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since March 2019.
The options read-only property of the HTMLDataListElement interface returns an HTMLCollection of HTMLOptionElement elements contained in a <datalist>. The descendant <option> elements provide predefined options for the <input> control associated with the <datalist>.
An HTMLCollection of HTMLOptionElement elements.
| Specification |
|---|
| HTML> # dom-datalist-options-dev> |
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Opera | Safari | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | WebView Android | WebView on iOS | |
options |
20 | 12 | 4 | ≤12.1 | 12.1 | 25 | 4 | ≤12.1 | 12.2 | 1.5 | 4.4.3 | 12.2 |
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLDataListElement/options