Button name Property - Javascript DOM HTML Element

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Description

The name property sets or gets the name attribute of a button.

Set the name property with the following Values

Value Description
name Sets the name of the button

Return Value

A String, representing the name of the button

The following code shows how to return the value of the name attribute of a button:

Demo Code

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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>

<button id="myBtn" name="myname">My Button</button>

<button onclick="display()">Display name</button>
<button onclick="change()">Change name</button>

<script>
function display() {
    var x = document.getElementById("myBtn").name;
    console.log("The name of the button is: " + x);
}

function change() {/*from w  w w  .j  a  v  a  2s . c o m*/
    var x = document.getElementById("myBtn").name = "newButtonName";
    console.log("The name was changed to: " + x);
}
</script>

</body>
</html>

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