HTMLOptGroupElement: 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.

The label property of the HTMLOptGroupElement interface is a string value that reflects the <optgroup> element's label attribute, which provides a textual label to the group of options.

Value

A string.

Examples

js
const optionGroup = document.getElementById("groupB");
console.log(optionGroup.label);
optionGroup.label = `${optionGroup.label} (${optionGroup.children.length})`;

Specifications

Specification
HTML
# dom-optgroup-label

Browser compatibility

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Chrome
Edge
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Opera
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Chrome Android
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Samsung Internet
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Full support
Full support

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