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HTMLElement: title property

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

js

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

Specifications

Specification
HTML Standard
# dom-title

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Internet Explorer Opera Safari WebView Android Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet
title 1 12 1 5.5 ≤12.1 3 4.4 18 4 ≤12.1 1 1.0

See also

  • The HTML title global attribute.

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLElement/title