HTML | <option> selected Attribute

Last Updated : 28 Jul, 2022

The HTML <option> selected Attribute is used to specify which option should be by default selected when the page loads. This is a boolean attribute. The option that is having the selected attribute will be displayed by default.
Syntax:

<option selected>

Example-1: This Example illustrates the use of selected attribute in option Element.

html

<!-- HTML program to illustrate selected Attribute -->
 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
 
<head>
    <title>HTML selected Attribute</title>
</head>
 
<body style="text-align: center;">
    <h1 style="color: green;">GeeksforGeeks</h1>
    <h2>HTML Option selected Attribute</h2>
 
    <!-- List of Options -->
    <select>
        <option value="merge">Merge Sort</option>
        <option value="bubble">Bubble Sort</option>
        <option value="insertion">Insertion Sort</option>
 
        <!-- Option element with selected attribute -->
        <option value="quick" selected>Quick Sort</option>
    </select>
</body>
 
</html>

Output:

Example-2:

html

<!-- HTML program to illustrate selected Attribute -->
 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
 
<head>
    <title>HTML selected Attribute</title>
</head>
 
<body style="text-align: center;">
    <h1 style="color: green;">GeeksforGeeks</h1>
    <h2>HTML Option selected Attribute</h2>
 
    <!-- List of Options -->
    <select>
        <option value="c">C</option>
        <option value="cpp">C++</option>
<!-- Option element with selected attribute -->
        <option value="python" selected>Python</option>
        <option value="java" >JAVA</option>
    </select>
</body>
 
</html>                    