Return the id of the form containing the <input type="text"> element:
var x = document.getElementById("myText").form.id;
Click the button to display the id of the form the text field belongs to.
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> <form id="myForm"> Name: <input type="text" id="myText" value="Mickey"> </form>/* w w w . ja v a2 s .c o m*/ <button onclick="myFunction()">Test</button> <p id="demo"></p> <script> function myFunction() { var x = document.getElementById("myText").form.id; document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = x; } </script> </body> </html>