HTML | DOM Abbreviation Object

Last Updated : 10 Jan, 2019

The DOM Abbreviation Object is used to represent the HTML <abbr> element. The abbreviation element is accessed by getElementById().

Example 1:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    <head>
        <title>
            HTML DOM Abbreviation Object
        </title>
          
        <script>
            function myGeeks() {
                var abbr = document.getElementById("sudo").title;
                document.getElementById("geeks").innerHTML = abbr;
            }
        </script>
    </head>
      
    <body>
        <h2>DOM Abbreviation Object</h2>
          
        <abbr id = "sudo" title="GeeksforGeeks">
            GFG
        </abbr><br><br>
          
        <button onclick = "myGeeks()">
            Submit
        </button>
          
        <p id = "geeks"></p>
    </body>
</html>                    

Output:
Before click on the button:

After click on the button:

Example 2: Abbreviation Object can be created by using the document.createElement Method.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    <head>
        <title>
            HTML DOM Abbreviation Object
        </title>
          
        <!-- script for Abbreviation Object -->
        <script>
            function myGeeks() {
                var w = document.createElement("ABBR");
                var f = document.createTextNode("GFG");
                w.setAttribute("title", "GeeksforGeeks");
                w.appendChild(f);
                document.getElementById("sudo").appendChild(w);
            }
        </script>
    </head>
      
    <body>
        <h2>DOM Abbreviation Object</h2>
          
        <button onclick = "myGeeks()">
            Submit
        </button>
  
        <p id = "sudo"></p>
          
    </body>
</html>                    

Output:
Before Click on the button:

After click on the button:

Supported Browsers: The browser supported by DOM Abbreviation Object are listed below:

Google Chrome
Internet Explorer
Firefox
Opera
Safari

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