This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.
The HTMLSelectElement.options read-only property returns a HTMLOptionsCollection of the <option> elements contained by the <select> element.
A HTMLOptionsCollection containing the <option> elements contained by the <select> element.
<label for="test">Label</label> <select id="test"> <option value="1">Option 1</option> <option value="2">Option 2</option> </select>
const select = document.getElementById("test");
for (const option of select.options) {
console.log(option.label); // "Option 1" and "Option 2"
}
| Specification |
|---|
| HTML> # dom-select-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 |
1 | 12 | 1 | ≤12.1 | 3 | 18 | 4 | ≤12.1 | 1 | 1.0 | 4.4 | 1 |
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLSelectElement/options