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HTMLElement.accessKeyLabel

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

Syntax

label = element.accessKeyLabel

Example

JavaScript

var btn = document.getElementById('btn1');
var shortcutLabel = btn.accessKeyLabel || btn.accessKey;
btn.title += ' [' + shortcutLabel.toUpperCase() + ']';

btn.onclick = function () {
  var feedback = document.createElement('output');
  feedback.textContent = 'Pressed!';
  btn.insertAdjacentElement('afterend', feedback);
};

HTML

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

Result

Specifications

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Internet Explorer Opera Safari WebView Android Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet
accessKeyLabel
No
See bug 393466.
No
See bug 393466.
8
No
No
See bug 393466.
14
No
See bug 393466.
No
See bug 393466.
8
No
See bug 393466.
14
No
See bug 393466.

See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLElement/accessKeyLabel