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HTML <optgroup> label Attribute

The label attribute on an <optgroup> tag specifies a label or title for the optgroup element.

The label value will display instead of the longer text version.

Example

#

A label attribute on <optgroup> elements.
The labels are the titles of the option groups.

<select>
  <option value="">-- Select City --</option>
  <optgroup label="Europe">
    <option value="stockholm">Stockholm</option>
    <option value="barcelona">Barcelona</option>
    <option value="athens">Athens</option>
  </optgroup>
  <optgroup label="Asia">
    <option value="bangkok">Bangkok</option>
    <option value="manila">Manila</option>
    <option value="jakarta">Jakarta</option>
  </optgroup>
</select>

Using label

The label attribute specifies the label for an option group.

This label will be used as the option group's title or category of the option.


Syntax

<optgroup label="text">

Values

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Value Description
text Title of the option group.

Browser support

Here is when label support started for each browser:

Chrome
1.0 Sep 2008
Firefox
1.0 Sep 2002
IE/Edge
1.0 Aug 1995
Opera
1.0 Jan 2006
Safari
1.0 Jan 2003

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