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First option in a required select dropdown must have an empty value or empty text content Web Standard

Description

The first option element in the list of options of a select element with a required attribute and without a multiple attribute, and without a size attribute greater than ‘1’, must have either an empty value attribute, or must have no text content, and must not be inside an optgroup.

Applicable standards

Change history

  • 2026.62 Oct 2026 Allow wrapper elements around the placeholder label option.
  • 5.0 Oct 2012 Added.

This page describes a web site issue detected in HTML documents by SortSite Desktop and OnDemand Suite.

Rule ID: W3cHtml5Assert39