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>                     