HTML Select and Option

HTML Select and Option — a practical guide to HTML select option with clear examples you can reuse in real projects.

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Short description

Use a first placeholder option carefully; mark required selects properly.

Select

<label for="country">Country</label>
<select id="country" name="country">
  <option value="">Choose…</option>
  <option value="in">India</option>
  <option value="us">United States</option>
</select>