HTMLSelectElement: remove() method
The HTMLSelectElement.remove()
method removes the element
at the specified index from the options collection for this select element.
Syntax
js
remove(index)
Parameters
-
index
is a zero-based long for the index of theHTMLOptionElement
to remove from the collection. If the index is not found the method has no effect.
Return value
None (undefined
).
Examples
html
<select id="existingList" name="existingList">
<option value="1">Option: Value 1</option>
<option value="2">Option: Value 2</option>
<option value="3">Option: Value 3</option>
</select>
js
let sel = document.getElementById("existingList");
sel.remove(1);
HTML is now:
html
<select id="existingList" name="existingList">
<option value="1">Option: Value 1</option>
<option value="3">Option: Value 3</option>
</select>
Specifications
Specification |
---|
HTML Standard # dom-select-remove |
Browser compatibility
BCD tables only load in the browser
See also
-
Element.remove
, the method that gets called when remove is called without arguments on aHTMLSelectElement
. HTMLSelectElement
that implements it.