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HTMLSelectElement: namedItem() method

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 is a string.

Return value

item is a HTMLOptionElement.

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

	Desktop						Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari	WebView Android	Chrome Android	Firefox for Android	Opera Android	Safari on IOS	Samsung Internet
`namedItem`	1	12 `namedItem` does not appear to take the `name` attribute into account (only the `id` attribute) on Internet Explorer and Edge. There is a bug report to Microsoft about this.	1	6 `namedItem` does not appear to take the `name` attribute into account (only the `id` attribute) on Internet Explorer and Edge. There is a bug report to Microsoft about this.	≤12.1	3	4.4	18	4	≤12.1	1	1.0