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TextTrack: label property

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The label read-only property of the {{domxref("TextTrack")}} interface returns a human-readable label for the text track, if it is available.

Value

A string containing the label, or an empty string.

Examples

In the following example the value of label is printed to the console.

js
let video = document.querySelector("video");
let track = video.addTextTrack("captions", "Captions", "en");
track.mode = "showing";
console.log(track.label);

Specifications

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Browser compatibility

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