Option API

API reference docs for the React Option component. Learn about the props, CSS, and other APIs of this exported module.

Component demos

For examples and details on the usage of this React component, visit the component demo pages:

import Option from '@mui/joy/Option';
// or
import { Option } from '@mui/joy';

Props of the native component are also available.

Name	Type	Default	Description
value*	any	-	The option value.
children	node	-	The content of the component.
color	'danger' \| 'neutral' \| 'primary' \| 'success' \| 'warning' \| string	'neutral'	The color of the component. It supports those theme colors that make sense for this component. To learn how to add your own colors, check out Themed components—Extend colors.
disabled	bool	false	If `true`, the component is disabled.
label	element \| string	-	A text representation of the option's content. Used for keyboard text navigation matching.
sx	Array<func \| object \| bool> \| func \| object	-	The system prop that allows defining system overrides as well as additional CSS styles. See the `sx` page for more details.
variant	'outlined' \| 'plain' \| 'soft' \| 'solid' \| string	'plain'	The global variant to use. To learn how to add your own variants, check out Themed components—Extend variants.

The component cannot hold a ref.

To learn how to customize the slot, check out the Overriding component structure guide.

Slot name	Class name	Default component	Description
root	.MuiOption-root	`'li'`	The component that renders the root.

These class names are useful for styling with CSS. They are applied to the component's slots when specific states are triggered.

Class name	Rule name	Description
.Mui-disabled		State class applied to the root element if `disabled={true}`.
.Mui-selected		State class applied to the root element if the option is selected.
.MuiOption-colorContext	colorContext	Class name applied to the root element if `color="context"`.
.MuiOption-colorDanger	colorDanger	Class name applied to the root element if `color="danger"`.
.MuiOption-colorNeutral	colorNeutral	Class name applied to the root element if `color="neutral"`.
.MuiOption-colorPrimary	colorPrimary	Class name applied to the root element if `color="primary"`.
.MuiOption-colorSuccess	colorSuccess	Class name applied to the root element if `color="success"`.
.MuiOption-colorWarning	colorWarning	Class name applied to the root element if `color="warning"`.
.MuiOption-highlighted	highlighted	State class applied to the root element if the option is highlighted.
.MuiOption-variantOutlined	variantOutlined	State class applied to the root element if `variant="outlined"`.
.MuiOption-variantPlain	variantPlain	State class applied to the root element if `variant="plain"`.
.MuiOption-variantSoft	variantSoft	State class applied to the root element if `variant="soft"`.
.MuiOption-variantSolid	variantSolid	State class applied to the root element if `variant="solid"`.

You can override the style of the component using one of these customization options:

With a global class name.
With a rule name as part of the component's styleOverrides property in a custom theme.