HTMLElement: title property

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The HTMLElement.title property represents the title of the element: the text usually displayed in a 'tooltip' popup when the mouse is over the node.

Value

A string.

Examples

const link = document.createElement("a");
link.innerText = "grapes";
link.href = "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grape";
link.title = "Wikipedia page on grapes";