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HTMLElement.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

Specification	Status	Comment
HTML Living Standard The definition of 'HTMLElement.accessKeyLabel' in that specification.	Living Standard	No change from initial definition.
HTML 5.1	Recommendation	Removed. pull w3c/html#144, issue w3c/html#99, WICG discussion.
HTML5 The definition of 'HTMLElement.accessKeyLabel' in that specification.	Recommendation	Snapshot of HTML Living Standard, initial definition.

Browser compatibility

Feature	Chrome	Edge	Firefox (Gecko)	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari
Basic support	No support	No support	8 (8) [1]	No support	No support	No support

Feature	Android	Edge	Firefox Mobile (Gecko)	IE Mobile	Opera Mobile	Safari Mobile
Basic support	No support	No support	?	No support	No support	No support

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