HTMLInputElement: name property - Web APIs | MDN

Value

A string representing the element's name.

Example

Given the following HTML:

html

<p>
  <label for="planet">Which planet were you born on?</label>
  <input id="planet" type="text" name="origin" />
</p>

You can use the name property to retrieve or set the <input>'s name:

js

const inputElement = document.querySelector("#planet");
console.log(`Element's name: ${inputElement.name}`); // "Element's name: origin"
inputElement.name = "planet"; // updates the element's name

Specifications

Specification
HTML
# dom-fe-name

Browser compatibility

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