HTMLInputElement: name property
Baseline Widely available
This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.
Thename property of theHTMLInputElement interface indicates the name of the<input> element. It reflects the element'sname attribute.
Value
A string representing the element's name.
Example
Given the following HTML:
html
<p> <label for="planet">Which planet were you born on?</label> <input type="text" name="origin" /></p>You can use thename property to retrieve or set the<input>'s name:
js
const inputElement = document.querySelector("#planet");console.log(`Element's name: ${inputElement.name}`); // "Element's name: origin"inputElement.name = "planet"; // updates the element's nameSpecifications
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| HTML # dom-fe-name |