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HTML <track> label Attribute

❮ HTML <track> tag

Example

A video with two subtitle tracks, both with a label defined:

<video width="320" height="240" controls>
  <source src="forrest_gump.mp4" type="video/mp4">
  <source src="forrest_gump.ogg" type="video/ogg">
  <track src="subtitles_en.vtt" kind="subtitles" srclang="en" label="English">
  <track src="subtitles_no.vtt" kind="subtitles" srclang="no" label="Norwegian">
</video>

Definition and Usage

The label attribute specifies the title of the text track.

The title of the text track is used by the browser when listing available text tracks.


Browser Support

The numbers in the table specify the first browser version that fully supports the attribute.

Attribute
label 18.0 10.0 31.0 6.0 15.0

Differences Between HTML 4.01 and HTML5

The <track> tag is new in HTML5.


Syntax

<track src="subtitles_en.vtt" kind="subtitles" srclang="en" label="English">

Attribute Values

Value Description
label Specifies the title of the text track

❮ HTML <track> tag