Attribute for <OPTION ...>
SELECTED

SELECTED indicates that the option should be selected by default. For example, in this example, the third item ("widget analyzer") is the default item:

this code	produces this select list
<SELECT NAME="partnumber"> <OPTION VALUE="7382" >steam turbine <OPTION VALUE="2928" >resistor array <OPTION VALUE="3993" SELECTED>widget analyzer <OPTION VALUE="9398" >fiber identifier </SELECT>	steam turbine resistor array widget analyzer fiber identifier

SELECTED can also be used in multiple select lists. In this example, the "green team" and the "purple team" are the default selected items:

this code	produces this select list
<SELECT NAME="teams" MULTIPLE SIZE=6> <OPTION VALUE="b" >blue team <OPTION VALUE="g" SELECTED>green team <OPTION VALUE="r" >red team <OPTION VALUE="p" SELECTED>purple team <OPTION VALUE="f" >fuschia team <OPTION VALUE="m" >mango team </SELECT>	blue team green team red team purple team fuschia team mango team

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