HTMLFormElement: name property

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 HTMLFormElement.name property represents the name of the current <form> element as a string.

If your <form> element contains an element named name then that element overrides the form.name property, so that you can't access it.

Value

A string.

Examples

js
const form1name = document.getElementById("form1").name;

if (form1name !== document.form.form1) {
  // Browser doesn't support this form of reference
}

Specifications

Specification
HTML
# dom-form-name

Browser compatibility

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Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
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Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
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