Change the name of a slider control:
document.getElementById("myRange").name = "newRangeName";
Click the buttons to display and change the value of the name attribute of the slider control.
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> <input type="range" id="myRange" name="points"> <p id="demo"></p> <button onclick="display()">Display name</button> <button onclick="change()">Change name</button> <script> function display() { var x = document.getElementById("myRange").name; document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = "The name of the slider control is: " + x; } function change() {//from ww w . j av a 2 s. c om var x = document.getElementById("myRange").name = "newRangeName"; document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = "The name was changed to: " + x; } </script> </body> </html>