Change the value of the name attribute of a Submit button:
document.getElementById("mySubmit").name = "newName";
Click the buttons below to display and change the value of the name attribute of the Submit button.
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> <input type="submit" name="submit1" id="mySubmit"> <p id="demo"></p> <button onclick="display()">Display name</button> <button onclick="change()">Change name</button> <script> function display() { var x = document.getElementById("mySubmit").name; document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = "The name of the Submit button is: " + x; } function change() {//from www .j a va 2s . c o m var x = document.getElementById("mySubmit").name = "newName"; document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = "The name was changed to: " + x; } </script> </body> </html>