Javascript DOM HTML Element title Property

Introduction

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

Ge the title of an <abbr> element: 

var x = document.getElementById("myAbbr").title;

Click the button to display the title of the abbr element below.

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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<p><abbr id="myAbbr" title="World Health Organization">WHO</abbr> was founded in 1948.</p>

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

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

<script>
function myFunction() {// ww w .  j av a 2 s. c  om
  var x = document.getElementById("myAbbr").title;
  document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = x;
}
</script>

</body>
</html>

The title attribute specifies extra information about an element.

The information is often shown as a tooltip text when the mouse moves over the element.

Property Values

Value Description
text A tooltip text for an element

The title property returns a String, representing the title of the element.




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