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
getElementsByName(name)
Parameters
name-
The value of the
nameattribute 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
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<title>Example: using document.getElementsByName</title>
</head>
<body>
<input type="hidden" name="up" />
<input type="hidden" name="down" />
</body>
</html>
const upNames = document.getElementsByName("up");
console.log(upNames[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 <meta>, <object>, and
even elements which do not support the name attribute at all.
Specifications
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- See implementation notes.
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See also
document.getElementById()to return a reference to an element by its uniqueiddocument.getElementsByTagName()to return references to elements with the same tag namedocument.querySelector()to return references to elements via CSS selectors like'div.myclass'