Change the name of a color picker:
document.getElementById("myColor").name = "newColorName";
Click the buttons to display/change the name attribute of the color picker.
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> A color picker: <input type="color" id="myColor" name="favcolor"> <p id="demo"></p> <button onclick="display()">Display name</button> <button onclick="change()">Change name</button> <script> function display() { var x = document.getElementById("myColor").name; document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = "The name of the color picker is: " + x; } function change() {/*from ww w .j a v a2s. c o m*/ var x = document.getElementById("myColor").name = "newColorName"; document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = "The name was changed to: " + x; } </script> </body> </html>