HTMLOptionElement: text property

{{ApiRef("HTML DOM")}}

The text property of the {{domxref("HTMLOptionElement")}} represents the text inside the {{htmlelement("option")}} element. This property represents the same information as {{domxref("Node.textContent")}}.

[!NOTE] If the element has a label, the text inside the {{htmlelement("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

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

Specifications

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Browser compatibility

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See also

• {{HTMLElement("select")}}
• {{HTMLElement("datalist")}}
• {{HTMLElement("optgroup")}}
• {{domxref("HTMLOptionElement.value")}}
• {{domxref("HTMLOptionElement.label")}}
• {{domxref("HTMLScriptElement.text")}}
• {{domxref("HTMLAnchorElement.text")}}