HTMLButtonElement: name property

{{ApiRef("HTML DOM")}}

The name property of the {{domxref("HTMLButtonElement")}} interface indicates the name of the {{HTMLElement("button")}} element or the empty string if the element has no name. It reflects the element's name attribute.

Value

A string representing the element's name.

Example

const buttonElement = document.querySelector("#myButton");
console.log(`Element's name: ${buttonElement.name}`);
buttonElement.name = "newName";

Specifications

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Browser compatibility

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See also

• {{domxref("HTMLButtonElement.value")}}
• {{domxref("HTMLButtonElement.type")}}