HTML Optgroup Tag

In HTML, the <optgroup> tag means the grouping of options.

• This <optgroup> tag is used to create a grouping of options within <select > tag in HTML.
• The <optgroup> tag has <select> tag in the form of its parent.

The <optgroup> tag requires both opening (start) tag and closing(end) tag.

The basic syntax for the same is given below:

<optgroup>
..content here
</optgroup>

The <optgroup> tag supports both global and event attributes and some of the common attributes are given below:

1. Disabled

This attribute is used to disable a group of options in a drop-down list.

2. Label

This attribute is used to provide a label to a group of options This attribute is a mandatory attribute.

Below we have a basic example for the same:

None

Following browsers support this attribute:

• Firefox 1+
• Google Chrome 1+
• Internet Explorer 6+
• Safari 1+
• Opera 7+