nodeName Property

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Retrieves the name of a particular type of node.

Syntax

HTMLN/A
Scripting[ sName = ] object.nodeName

Possible Values

sNameString that receives one of the following values.
tagNameName of the element, also available through the tagName property.
attrNameName of the attribute, where the node is an attribute object.
#textNode is a TextNode object.

The property is read-only. The property has no default value.

Example

This example uses the nodeName property to obtain the name of an element.

<SCRIPT>
// returns the element name 'LI' of the list item labeled 'List Item 2'
var sName = oList.childNodes(1).nodeName;
</SCRIPT>
<BODY>
<UL ID = oList>
<LI>List Item 1
<LI>List Item 2
<LI>List Item 3
</UL>
</BODY>

Standards Information

This property is defined in World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 Non-Microsoft link.

Applies To

A, ACRONYM, ADDRESS, APPLET, AREA, attribute, B, BASE, BASEFONT, BDO, BGSOUND, BIG, BLOCKQUOTE, BODY, BR, BUTTON, CAPTION, CENTER, CITE, CODE, COL, COLGROUP, COMMENT, DD, DEL, DFN, DIR, DIV, DL, DT, EM, EMBED, FIELDSET, FONT, FORM, FRAME, FRAMESET, HEAD, hn, HR, HTML, I, IFRAME, IMG, INPUT type=button, INPUT type=checkbox, INPUT type=file, INPUT type=hidden, INPUT type=image, INPUT type=password, INPUT type=radio, INPUT type=reset, INPUT type=submit, INPUT type=text, INS, KBD, LABEL, LEGEND, LI, LINK, LISTING, MAP, MARQUEE, MENU, nextID, OBJECT, OL, OPTION, P, PLAINTEXT, PRE, Q, S, SAMP, SCRIPT, SELECT, SMALL, SPAN, STRIKE, STRONG, SUB, SUP, TABLE, TBODY, TD, TEXTAREA, TextNode, TFOOT, TH, THEAD, TITLE, TR, TT, U, UL, VAR, XMP

See Also

nodeType, About the W3C Document Object Model