HTMLSelectElement.namedItem

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 the array bracket syntax with a String, like selectElt["value"] is equivalent to selectElt.namedItem("value").

Syntax

var item = collection.namedItem[str];
var item = collection[str];

Parameters

• str is a DOMString

Return value

• item is a HTMLOptionElement.

Examples

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

elem1 = document.forms[0]["myFormControl"]["o1"]; // Returns the HTMLOptionElement representing #o1

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
WHATWG HTML Living Standard The definition of 'HTMLSelectElement.namedItem()' in that specification.	Living Standard	No change since the latest snapshot, HTML5.
HTML5 The definition of 'HTMLSelectElement.namedItem()' in that specification.	Recommendation	Initial definition, snapshot of WHATWG HTML Living Standard

Browser compatibility

[1] 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.

See also

• HTMLSelectElement that implements it.