HTMLFormElement: name property - Web APIs | MDN (original) (raw)

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The HTMLFormElement.name property represents the name of the current element as a string.

If your element contains an element named name then that element overrides the form.name property, so that you can't access it.

Value

A string.

Examples

const form1name = document.getElementById("form1").name;

if (form1name !== document.form.form1) {
  // Browser doesn't support this form of reference
}

Specifications

Browser compatibility

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