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
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
html
<!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> js
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
| Specification |
|---|
| HTML # dom-document-getelementsbyname-dev |
Browser compatibility
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'