Textarea name Property - Javascript DOM HTML Element

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Description

The name property sets or gets the name attribute of a text area.

Set the name property with the following Values

Value Description
text Sets the name of the text area

Return Value

A String, representing the name of the text area

The following code shows how to get the name of a text area:

Demo Code

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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>

<textarea id="myTextarea" name="comment">
Some text in a text area....</textarea>

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

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

function change() {//from   ww  w  .  j a v a  2s  .  c om
    var x = document.getElementById("myTextarea").name = "newTxtName";
    console.log("The name was changed to: " + x);
}
</script>

</body>
</html>

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