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<optgroup>

The <optgroup> creates a grouping of options within a <select> element.

Content categories	None.
Permitted content	Zero or more `<option>` elements.
Tag omission	The start tag is mandatory. The end tag is optional if this element is immediately followed by another `<optgroup>` element, or if the parent element has no more content.
Permitted parents	A `<select>` element.
Permitted ARIA roles	None
DOM interface	`HTMLOptGroupElement`

Note: Optgroup elements may not be nested.

Attributes

This element includes the global attributes.

disabled: If this Boolean attribute is set, none of the items in this option group is selectable. Often browsers grey out such control and it won't receive any browsing events, like mouse clicks or focus-related ones.
label: The name of the group of options, which the browser can use when labeling the options in the user interface. This attribute is mandatory if this element is used.

Example

<select>
  <optgroup label="Group 1">
    <option>Option 1.1</option>
  </optgroup> 
  <optgroup label="Group 2">
    <option>Option 2.1</option>
    <option>Option 2.2</option>
  </optgroup>
  <optgroup label="Group 3" disabled>
    <option>Option 3.1</option>
    <option>Option 3.2</option>
    <option>Option 3.3</option>
  </optgroup>
</select>

Result

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
HTML Living Standard The definition of '<optgroup>' in that specification.	Living Standard
HTML5 The definition of '<optgroup>' in that specification.	Recommendation
HTML 4.01 Specification The definition of '<optgroup>' in that specification.	Recommendation

Browser compatibilityUpdate compatibility data on GitHub

	Desktop
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari
Basic support	1	Yes	1	5.5	Yes	Yes
`disabled`	1	Yes	1	8	Yes	Yes
`label`	1	Yes	1	5.5	Yes	Yes

	Mobile
	Android webview	Chrome for Android	Edge Mobile	Firefox for Android	Opera for Android	iOS Safari	Samsung Internet
Basic support	Yes	Yes	Yes	4	Yes	Yes	Yes
`disabled`	Yes	Yes	Yes	4	Yes	Yes	Yes
`label`	Yes	Yes	Yes	4	Yes	Yes	Yes

<optgroup>

Attributes

Example

Result

Specifications

Browser compatibilityUpdate compatibility data on GitHub

See also