The HTMLTitleElement interface contains the title for a document. This element inherits all of the properties and methods of the HTMLElement interface.
HTMLTitleElement
Properties
Inherits properties from its parent, HTMLElement.
-
HTMLTitleElement.text -
Is a
DOMStringrepresenting the text of the document's title, and only the text part. For example, consider this:
<!doctype html> <html> <head> <title>Hello world! <span class="highlight">Isn't this wonderful</span> really?</title> </head> <body></body> </html>
let title = document.getElementsByTagName('title')[0]; console.log( title.text ); // yield: "Hello world! really?"
As you can see, the tag span and its content were skipped.
Methods
No specific method; inherits methods from its parent, HTMLElement.
Example
Do not confuse: document.title with document.getElementsByTagName('title')[0]
The former is just a setter/getter method to set or get the inner text value of the document title, while the latter is the HTMLTitleElement object. So you cannot write: document.title.text = "Hello world!";
Instead, you can simply write: document.title = "Hello world!"; which is an equivalent to document.getElementsByTagName('title')[0].text = "Hello world!";
Specifications
| Specification |
|---|
| HTML Standard # htmltitleelement |
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 | |
HTMLTitleElement |
1
|
12
|
1
|
5.5
|
≤12.1
|
3
|
1
|
18
|
4
|
≤12.1
|
1
|
1.0
|
text |
1
|
12
|
1
|
9
|
≤12.1
|
3
|
1
|
18
|
4
|
≤12.1
|
1
|
1.0
|
See also
- The HTML element implementing this interface:
<title>.
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