Change the name of a text area:
document.getElementById("myTextarea").name = "newTxtName";
Click the buttons below to display and change the value of the name attribute of the text area.
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> <textarea id="myTextarea" name="comment"> Some text in a text area....</textarea> <p id="demo"></p> <button onclick="display()">Display name</button> <button onclick="change()">Change name</button> <script> function display() { var x = document.getElementById("myTextarea").name; document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = "The name of the text area is: " + x; } function change() {//from w w w . ja v a 2s .c o m var x = document.getElementById("myTextarea").name = "newTxtName"; document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = "The name was changed to: " + x; } </script> </body> </html>