The Abbreviation object represents an HTML <abbr> element.
We can access an <abbr> element by using getElementById()
:
var x = document.getElementById("myAbbr");
Click the button to get the abbreviation of "CSS".
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> <p>The <abbr id="myAbbr" title="Cascading Style Sheets">CSS</abbr> stands for Cascading Style Sheets.</p> <button onclick="myFunction()">Test</button> <p id="demo"></p> <script> function myFunction() {// w w w.java 2s . c om var x = document.getElementById("myAbbr").title; document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = x; } </script> </body> </html>