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').
js
namedItem(str)
str is a string.item is a HTMLOptionElement.html
<form>
<select id="myFormControl">
<option id="o1">Opt 1</option>
<option id="o2">Opt 2</option>
</select>
</form>
js
let selectElt = document.getElementById("myFormControl");
elem1 = selectElt.namedItem("o1"); // Returns the HTMLOptionElement representing #o1
But, you cannot write:
js
let selectElt = document.getElementById("myFormControl");
elem1 = selectElt.o1; // Returns undefined
elem1 = selectElt["o1"]; // Returns undefined
| Specification |
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| HTML Standard # dom-select-nameditem-dev |
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| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari | WebView Android | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | |
namedItem |
1 |
12namedItem 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.
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1 |
6namedItem 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.
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≤12.1 | 3 | 4.4 | 18 | 4 | ≤12.1 | 1 | 1.0 |
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLSelectElement/namedItem