Option API

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

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' \| 'info' \| '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.
component	elementType		The component used for the root node. Either a string to use a HTML element or a component.
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.
slotProps	{ root?: func \| object }	{}	The props used for each slot inside.
slots	{ root?: elementType }	{}	The components used for each slot inside. See Slots API below for more details.
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.

Name	Default class	Default HTML tag	Description
root	.MuiOption-root	'li'	The component that renders the root.

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.

These class names are useful for styling with CSS. They are applied to the root slot when specific states are triggered.

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