HTMLSelectElement: name property

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.

The name property of the HTMLSelectElement interface indicates the name of the <select> element. It reflects the element's name attribute.

Value

A string representing the element's name.

Example

js
const selectElement = document.querySelector("#planets");
console.log(`Element's name: ${selectElement.name}`);
selectElement.name = "galaxies"; // sets or updates the element's name

Specifications

Specification
HTML Standard
# dom-fe-name

Browser compatibility

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See also