# option When used as a child component of **<[select](js-components-basic-select.md)\>**, the **** component is used to display items in the drop-down list. When used as a child component of **<[menu](js-components-basic-menu.md)\>**, the **** component is used to display items in the displayed menu. ## Required Permissions None ## Child Component None ## Attribute In addition to the attributes in [Universal Attributes](js-components-common-attributes.md), the following attributes are supported.

Name	Type	Default Value	Mandatory	Description
selected	boolean	-	No	Whether an option is the default option in the drop-down list. This attribute is available only when the parent component is <select>.
value	string	-	Yes	Value of an option, which is used as the returned value of the selected event of the <select>or <menu> parent component. NOTE: The option value to be displayed on the UI must be put between the start and end tags, for example, <option value="10">October</option>.
icon	string	-	No	Icon resource path. This icon is displayed before the option text. The supported icon formats are JPG, PNG, and SVG.

## Style The following style attributes are supported.

Name	Type	Default Value	Mandatory	Description
color	<color>	#e6000000	No	Text color of the options.
font-size	<length>	16px	No	Font size of the options.
allow-scale	boolean	true	No	Whether the font size changes with the system's font size settings. NOTE: If the config-changes tag of fontSize is configured for abilities in the config.json file, the setting takes effect without application restart.
font-weight	number \| string	normal	No	Font weight. For details, see font-weight of the text component.
text-decoration	string	none	No	Text decoration. For details, see text-decoration of the text component.
font-family	string	sans-serif	No	Font family, in which fonts are separated by commas (,). Each font is set using a font name or font family name. The first font in the family or the font specified by Custom Font Styles is used for the text.

## Event None ## Method None ## Example Code For details, see the [menu example code](js-components-basic-menu.md#section54636714136).