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HTML - set default value for select element
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In this article, we would like to show you how to set a default value for select element in HTML.
Quick solution:
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<select>2
<option value="option-value" selected >Default option</option>3
</select>
In this section, we present a practical example of how to set a default value for a select element (select box) using selected attribute.
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<html>3
<body>4
<form name="my-form">5
<label>Select fruit: </label>6
<select name="my-fruits">7
<option value="apple" selected >🍎 Apple</option>8
<option value="banana">🍌 Banana</option>9
<option value="grape">🍇 Grape</option>10
</select>11
</form>12
</body>13
</html>