web api instance property

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

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

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

Result

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Specifications

SpecificationsStandards references are available on the canonical MDN page.

Browser compatibility

Browser compatibilityCompatibility data is available on the canonical MDN page.