HTMLElement.title

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.

Syntax

var str = element.title;
element.title = str;

Example

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

Specifications

Specification Status Comment
HTML Living Standard
The definition of 'title' in that specification.		 Living Standard No change from Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 HTML Specification.
Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 HTML Specification
The definition of 'title' in that specification.		 Obsolete No change from Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 Specification.
Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 Specification
The definition of 'title' in that specification.		 Obsolete Initial definition.

Browser compatibility

BCD tables only load in the browser

See also

  • The HTML title global attribute.