HTMLOptionElement: text 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 text property of the HTMLOptionElement represents the text inside the <option> element. This property represents the same information as Node.textContent.

Note: If the element has a label, the text inside the <option> is not visually rendered. In this case, the text property can still be used to set the content, but it will have no visible effect.

Value

A string.

Example

js
const optionElement = document.getElementById("exampleOption");
console.log(`Text property: ${optionElement.text}`);
optionElement.text = "Updated text";

Specifications

Specification
HTML
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Browser compatibility

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desktopmobile
Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
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Full support
Full support

See also