Change the name of a search field:
document.getElementById("mySearch").name = "newSearchName";
Click the buttons to display and change the value of the name attribute of the search field.
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> Search: <input type="search" id="mySearch" name="googlesearch"> <p id="demo"></p> <button onclick="display()">Display name</button> <button onclick="change()">Change name</button> <script> function display() { var x = document.getElementById("mySearch").name; document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = "The name of the search field is: " + x; } function change() {//from w ww . j a va 2 s.c o m var x = document.getElementById("mySearch").name = "newSearchName"; document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = "The name was changed to: " + x; } </script> </body> </html>