Document: getElementsByName() method
Baseline Widely available
This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since January 2018.
The getElementsByName()
method
of the Document
object returns a NodeList
Collection of
elements with a given name
attribute in the document.
Syntax
js
getElementsByName(name)
Parameters
name
-
The value of the
name
attribute of the element(s) we are looking for.
Return value
A live NodeList
collection, meaning it automatically updates as new elements with the same name
are added to, or removed from, the document.
Examples
html
Example: using document.getElementsByName
js
const up_names = document.getElementsByName("up");
console.log(up_names[0].tagName); // displays "INPUT"
Notes
The name
attribute can only be applied in (X)HTML
documents.
The returned NodeList
Collection contains all elements with the
given name
, such as ,
, and
even elements which do not support the
name
attribute at all.
Specifications
Specification |
---|
HTML # dom-document-getelementsbyname-dev |
Browser compatibility
See also
document.getElementById()
to return a reference to an element by its uniqueid
document.getElementsByTagName()
to return references to elements with the same tag namedocument.querySelector()
to return references to elements via CSS selectors like'div.myclass'