selected property
Sets or retrieves whether the option in the list box is the default item.
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Syntax
HRESULT value = object.put_selected( v);HRESULT value = object.get_selected(* p);
Property values
Type: VARIANT_BOOL
Standards information
- Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 Specification, Section 2.5.5
- HTML 4.01 Specification, Section 17.6.1
Remarks
If the property is not set, the first item is selected by default.
The property determines whether a value is submitted with the form. If the value of the control matches the default value, the control's value is not submitted. The value is submitted only when the control's value does not match the default value.
To select an item in HTML, it is not necessary to set the value of the IHTMLOptionElement::selected attribute to true. The mere presence of the IHTMLOptionElement::selected attribute sets its value to true.
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