Get the name of a search field:
var x = document.getElementById("mySearch").name;
Click the button to display the value of the name attribute of the search field.
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> Search Google: <input type="search" id="mySearch" name="googlesearch"> <button onclick="myFunction()">Test</button> <p id="demo"></p> <script> function myFunction() {//from w ww. ja va 2 s . c o m var x = document.getElementById("mySearch").name; document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = x; } </script> </body> </html>
The name property sets or gets the value of the name attribute of a search field.
The name attribute will identify form data after submitting to the server.
Only form elements with a name attribute will be passed to the server.
The name property accepts and returns a String type value.