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HTMLInputElement: labels property

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This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since October 2018.

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The HTMLInputElement.labels read-only property returns a NodeList of the <label> elements associated with the <input> element. If the element has the type hidden, the property returns null.

Value

A NodeList, or null if the element's type is hidden.

Examples

HTML

html
<label id="label1" for="test">Label 1</label>
<input id="test" />
<label id="label2" for="test">Label 2</label>

JavaScript

js
const input = document.getElementById("test");
for (const label of input.labels) {
  console.log(label.textContent); // "Label 1" and "Label 2"
}

Specifications

Specification
HTML
# dom-lfe-labels-dev

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