# Access Angular Material's MatSelect Options Panel Container

DevFeed: [Access Angular Material's MatSelect Options Panel Container](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/access-angular-material-s-matselect-options-panel-container-21368.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://juri.dev/blog/2020/06/access-material-select-options/>)

Published: 2020-09-12T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Juri Strumpflohner](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/juri-strumpflohner.md>)

Topics: [Angular](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/angular.md>), [Material Design](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/material-design.md>), [Document Object Model (DOM)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/dom.md>), [selectors](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/selectors.md>)

Tags: [angular](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/angular.md>), [angular-material](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/angular-material.md>), [component](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/component.md>), [selectors](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/selectors.md>)

## AI overview

This tutorial explains how to programmatically access Angular Material's MatSelect options panel from a directive. It explains why the rendered options are not child elements of MatSelect in the DOM and recommends using the exposed panel reference instead of broad global DOM queries.

## Source excerpt

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