Javascript Reference - HTML DOM Title text Property

The text property sets or gets the text of the document's title.

Browser Support


`text`	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Syntax

Return the text property.

var v = titleObject.text

Set the text property.

titleObject.text=text

Property Values

Value	Description
text	Set the title text

Return Value

A String type value representing the text of the document's title.

Example

The following code shows how to get the document's title.


<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>HTML DOM Objects</title>
</head><!-- ww  w  . j  a  v  a  2 s  . co m-->
<body>
<button onclick="myFunction()">test</button>
<p id="demo"></p>
<script>
function myFunction() {
    var x = document.getElementsByTagName("TITLE")[0].text;
    document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = x;
}
</script>

</body>
</html>

The code above is rendered as follows:

Example 2

The following code shows how to change the document's title.


<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>HTML DOM Objects</title>
</head><!--from w ww  .  jav  a 2s . co m-->
<body>
<button onclick="myFunction()">test</button>

<p id="demo"></p>

<script>
function myFunction() {
    document.getElementsByTagName("TITLE")[0].text = "A new title text..";
    document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = "changed";
}
</script>

</body>
</html>

The code above is rendered as follows: