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