HTMLOptionElement: label property
Baseline Widely available
This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.
Thelabel property of theHTMLOptionElement represents the text displayed for an option in a<select> element or as part of a list of suggestions in a<datalist> element. It reflects the<option> element'slabel attribute.
If the attribute is omitted or the empty string, thelabel property returns the element'stext content.
Value
A string.
Example
js
const optionElement = document.getElementById("exampleOption");console.log(`Option's label: ${optionElement.label}`);optionElement.label = "Updated label";Specifications
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| HTML # dom-option-label |