Get the name of an attribute:
var x = document.getElementsByTagName("BUTTON")[0].attributes[0].name;
Click the button to display the name of the button's first attribute.
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> <button onclick="myFunction()">Test</button> <p id="demo"></p> <script> function myFunction() {/*ww w .j ava2 s .c o m*/ var btn = document.getElementsByTagName("BUTTON")[0]; var x = btn.attributes[0].name; document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = x; } </script> </body> </html>
The name property returns the name of the attribute.
This property is read-only.
You can use the attr.value property to get the value of an attribute.
The name property returns a String representing the name of the attribute.