Use the innerHTML property to get the text value of the label in JavaScript. The innerHTML property sets or returns the HTML content of an element.
var value = document.getElementById('idName').textContentIf you need to target < IE9 then you need to use .innerText
JavaScript get label text Example
HTML example code:
You can get the value of any label or any other element is selected by its attribute id:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<label id = "lb"> Fetch me 10000 </label>
<br>
<button onclick="getTxt()"> Click Here </button>
<script>
function getTxt() {
var value = document.getElementById('lb').innerHTML;
alert(value);
}
</script>
</body>
</html> Output:
Do comment if you have any doubts on this basic JS topic.
Note: The All JS Examples codes are tested on the Firefox browser and the Chrome browser.
OS: Windows 10
Code: HTML 5 Version