placeholder-label-option

Detect missing placeholder option in required select.

Severity

warning

❌ Incorrect

<select required>
  <option value="a">A</option>
</select>

✅ Correct

<select required>
  <option value="">Choose...</option>
  <option value="a">A</option>
</select>

Reference

• HTML Standard - The select element

Configuration

{
  "rules": {
    "placeholder-label-option": "error"
  }
}