HTMLElement: accessKeyLabel property

The HTMLElement.accessKeyLabel read-only property returns a string containing the element's browser-assigned access key (if any); otherwise it returns an empty string.

Example

JavaScript

js
const btn = document.getElementById("btn1");
const shortcutLabel = btn.accessKeyLabel || btn.accessKey;
btn.title += ` [${shortcutLabel.toUpperCase()}]`;

btn.onclick = () => {
  const feedback = document.createElement("output");
  feedback.textContent = "Pressed!";
  btn.insertAdjacentElement("afterend", feedback);
};

HTML

html
<button accesskey="h" title="Caption" id="btn1">Hover me</button>

Result

Specifications

Specification
HTML
# dom-accesskeylabel

Browser compatibility

Report problems with this compatibility data on GitHub
desktopmobile
Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
accessKeyLabel

Legend

Tip: you can click/tap on a cell for more information.

Full support
Full support
No support
No support
See implementation notes.

See also