Element name and id
<html> <head> <title>A Simple Page</title> <script language="JavaScript"> function tagInfo() { var tag; tag = "Name:" + window.event.srcElement.tagName + " ID:" + window.event.srcElement.id; window.status = tag; } </script> </head> <body onMouseover="tagInfo()" id="body1"> <h1 id="head1">Heading One</h1> <p id="para1">Some text</p> </body> </html>