Get the name of a button:
Change the name of a button:
document.getElementById("myBtn").name = "newButtonName"; <p>Click the buttons to display/change the name attribute of the input button.
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> <input type="button" id="myBtn" name="myname" value="My Button"> <p id="demo"></p> <button onclick="display()">Display name</button> <button onclick="change()">Change name</button> <script> function display() { var x = document.getElementById("myBtn").name; document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = "The name of the input button is: " + x; } function change() {//from w w w . j a v a 2 s . c om var x = document.getElementById("myBtn").name = "newButtonName"; document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = "The name was changed to: " + x; } </script> </body> </html>