Javascript DOM HTML Element lang Property

Introduction

The lang property sets or gets the value of the lang attribute of an element.

Ge the language code of a <p> element: 

var x = document.getElementById("myP").lang;

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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>

<p id="myP" lang="en">Click the button to display the language code of this p element.</p>

<button onclick="myFunction()">Test</button>

<p id="demo"></p>

<script>
function myFunction() {//from  w  w  w . j  a v a  2 s  .co  m
  var x = document.getElementById("myP").lang;
  document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = x;
}
</script>

</body>
</html>

The lang attribute sets the language code of the element's content.

Common examples are "en" for English, "es" for Spanish, "fr" for France and so on.

Property Values

Value Description
language_code Specifies the language code for the element's content.

The lang property returns a String representing the language of the element's text.




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