Javascript Reference - HTML DOM nodeName Property

The nodeName property returns the name of the specified node.

If the node is an element node, the nodeName property has the tagname.

If the node is an attribute node, the nodeName property has the name of the attribute.

Browser Support


`nodeName`	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Syntax

var v = node.nodeName

Return Value

A String type value representing the name of the node.

Example

The following code shows how to get the node name of the body element.


<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body><p id="demo">test</p>
<button onclick="myFunction()">test</button>
<script>
function myFunction()<!--from   w ww. ja  v a 2 s.c  o  m-->
{
    var c = document.body.childNodes;
    for (i=0; i<c.length; i++){
        console.log(c[i].nodeName);
    }
}
</script>

</body>
</html>

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