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HTMLInputElement: labels property

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since ⁨October 2018⁩.

The HTMLInputElement.labels read-only property returns a NodeList of the <label> elements associated with the <input> element, if the element is not hidden. If the element has the type hidden, the property returns null.

Value

A NodeList containing the <label> elements associated with the <input> element.

Examples

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HTML

<label id="label1" for="test">Label 1</label>
<input id="test" />
<label id="label2" for="test">Label 2</label>

JavaScript

const input = document.getElementById("test");
for (const label of input.labels) {
  console.log(label.textContent); // "Label 1" and "Label 2"
}

Specifications

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Opera Safari Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet WebView Android WebView on iOS
labels 6 18 56 ≤12.1 5 18 56 ≤12.1 4.2 1.0 3 4.2

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLInputElement/labels