web api instance property
HTMLOptionElement: text property
The text property of the HTMLOptionElement represents the text inside the <option> element.
This property represents the same information as textContent.
[!NOTE] If the element has a
label, the text inside the<option>is not visually rendered. In this case, thetextproperty can still be used to set the content, but it will have no visible effect.
Value
A string.
Example
const optionElement = document.getElementById("exampleOption");
console.log(`Text property: ${optionElement.text}`);
optionElement.text = "Updated text";
Specifications
SpecificationsStandards references are available on the canonical MDN page.
Browser compatibility
Browser compatibilityCompatibility data is available on the canonical MDN page.