accessKeyLabel

The HTMLElement.accessKeyLabel read-only property returns a String that represents the element's assigned access key (if any); otherwise it returns an empty string.

Syntax

label = element.accessKeyLabel

Example

JavaScript

var node = document.getElementById('btn1');
if (node.accessKeyLabel) {
  node.title += ' [' + node.accessKeyLabel + ']';
} else {
  node.title += ' [' + node.accessKey + ']';
}
node.onclick = function () {
  var p = document.createElement('p');
  p.textContent = 'Clicked!';
  node.parentNode.appendChild(p);
};

HTML

<button accesskey="h" title="Caption" id="btn1">Hover me</button>

Result

Specifications

Browser compatibility

[1] Before Firefox 36, accessKeyLabel on detached nodes always returned an empty string in Firefox. (bug 1037990)

See also

• element.accessKey
• The accesskey global attribute.