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 July 2015.
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
<!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 up_names = document.getElementsByName("up");
console.log(up_names[0].tagName); // displays "INPUT"
Notes
Specifications
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HTML # dom-document-getelementsbyname-dev |
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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'