HTMLElement: accessKeyLabel property

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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.

Example

JavaScript

const btn = document.getElementById("btn1"); const shortcutLabel = btn.accessKeyLabel || btn.accessKey; btn.title += ` [${shortcutLabel.toUpperCase()}]`; btn.onclick = () => { const feedback = document.createElement("output"); feedback.textContent = "Pressed!"; btn.insertAdjacentElement("afterend", feedback); };

HTML

html

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

Result

Specifications

Specification
HTML # dom-accesskeylabel