Return the label value of an option in a drop-down list:
var x = document.getElementById("myOption").label;
Click the button to return the value of the label attribute.
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> <select size="2"> <option id="myOption" label="c++">C++</option> <option label="javascript">Javascript</option> </select>/*ww w . jav a 2s .co m*/ <button onclick="myFunction()">Test</button> <p id="demo"></p> <script> function myFunction() { var x = document.getElementById("myOption").label; document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = x; } </script> </body> </html>