HTMLAreaElement: username property

The HTMLAreaElement.username property is a string containing the username specified before the domain name.

Value

A string.

Examples

js
// An <area id="myArea" href="https://anonymous:flabada@developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/HTMLAreaElement"> element is in the document
const area = document.getElementByID("myArea");
area.username; // returns 'anonymous'

Specifications

Specification
HTML Standard
# dom-hyperlink-username-dev

Browser compatibility

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See also