Select name Property - Javascript DOM HTML Element

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Description

The name property sets or gets the name attribute of a drop-down list.

Set the name property with the following Values

Value Description
name Sets the name of the drop-down list

Return Value

A String, representing the name of the drop-down list

The following code shows how to return the value of the name attribute of a drop-down list:

Demo Code

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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>

<form>
<select name="selectName" id="mySelect">
  <option>CSS</option>
  <option>HTML</option>
  <option>SQL</option>
  <option>Javascript</option>
</select>//from   w w w.  j a  v  a  2 s.com
</form>

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

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

function change() {
    var x = document.getElementById("mySelect").name = "newName";
    console.log("The name was changed to: " + x);
}
</script>

</body>
</html>

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