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HTMLElement.title

The HTMLElement.title property represents the title of the element, the text usually displayed in a 'tool tip' popup when the mouse is over the displayed node.

If a node does not have a title attribute, then the default action is to inherit it from its parent node, which in turn may inherit it from its parent node, etc.

 <div title="CoolTip">
   <div title="">mouse over here will popup "CoolTip"</div>
   <div title=" ">mouse over here will popup nothing</div>
 </div>

Syntax

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

Example

 button1.title = "click to refresh";

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 compatibilityUpdate compatibility data on GitHub

	Desktop
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari
Basic support	?	Yes	1	?	?	?

	Mobile
	Android webview	Chrome for Android	Edge Mobile	Firefox for Android	Opera for Android	iOS Safari	Samsung Internet
Basic support	Yes	Yes	Yes	4	?	?	?

HTMLElement.title

Syntax

Example

Specifications

Browser compatibilityUpdate compatibility data on GitHub

See also