HTML | DOM Option text Property

Last Updated : 19 Feb, 2019

The Option text property in HTML DOM is used to set or return the text of an <option> element. The text value sent to the server when user submitted the form.

Syntax:

It is used to return the Option text Property.
```
optionObject.text
```

It is used to set the Option text Property.

optionObject.text = text

Property Values: It contains single value text which defines the text content of an <option> element.

Return Value: It returns a string value which represent the text content of the option element.

Example 1: This Example illustrate how to set the Option text Property.

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
  
<head> 
    <title>
        HTML DOM Option text Property
    </title> 
</head>
  
<body style = "text-align: center;">
          
    <h1 style = "color: green;">
        GeeksforGeeks
    </h1> 
      
    <h2>DOM Option text Property</h2> 
          
    <!-- List of Options -->
    <select> 
        <option id="GFG">Merge Sort</option> 
        <option id="geeks">Bubble Sort</option> 
        <option id="user">Insertion Sort</option>
        <option id="java">Quick Sort</option> 
    </select>
      
    <br><br>
  
    <button onclick="myGeeks()">
        Submit
    </button>
      
    <!-- script to set option text -->
    <script>
        function myGeeks() {
            var x = document.getElementById("GFG").text
                    = "Heap Sort";
        }
    </script>
</body> 
  
</html>                                    

Output:
before Click on the Button:

After Click on the Button:

Example 2: This Example illustrate how to return the Option text Property.

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
  
<head> 
    <title>
        HTML DOM Option text Property
    </title> 
</head> 
  
<body style = "text-align: center;">
          
    <h1 style = "color: green;">
        GeeksforGeeks
    </h1> 
      
    <h2>DOM Option text Property</h2> 
          
    <!-- List of Options -->
    <select onchange="myGeeks(this)"> 
        <option id="GFG">Merge Sort</option> 
        <option id="geeks">Bubble Sort</option> 
        <option id="user">Insertion Sort</option>
        <option id="java">Quick Sort</option> 
    </select>
      
    <br><br>
      
    <p id="sudo" style="font-size:20px;color:green;"></p>
      
    <!-- script to return Option text -->
    <script>
        function myGeeks(selTag) {
            var x = selTag.options[selTag.selectedIndex].text;
            document.getElementById("sudo").innerHTML
                = "The Selected Option is : " + x;
        }
    </script>
</body> 
  
</html>                    