The DOM Anchor pathname Property in HTML DOM is used to sets or return the path name part of the href attribute value. All the Browser will return the “/test.htm” while the IE 9 returns “test.htm”.
Syntax:
Property Values: It contains the value i.e path which specify the path name of the URL.
Return Value: It returns a string value which represents the path name of the URL.
Example-1: This Example returns the path name of the URL.
<!DOCTYPE html>
< html >
< head >
< title >
HTML DOM Anchor pathname Property
</ title >
</ head >
< body >
< center >
< h1 >
GeeksForGeeks
</ h1 >
< h2 >
DOM Anchor pathname Property
</ h2 >
< p >Welcome to
< a href =
id = "GFG"
rel = "nofollow"
target = "_self" >
GeeksforGeeks
</ a >
</ p >
< button onclick = "myGeeks()" >
Submit
</ button >
< p id = "sudo"
style="color:green;
font-size:25px;">
</ p >
< script >
function myGeeks() {
var x =
document.getElementById(
"GFG").pathname;
document.getElementById(
"sudo").innerHTML = x;
}
</ script > "
</ center >
</ body >
</ html >
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Output:
Before Clicking On Button:

After Clicking On Button:

Example-2 : This Example sets the path name of the URL.
<!DOCTYPE html>
< html >
< head >
< title >
HTML DOM Anchor pathname Property
</ title >
</ head >
< body >
< center >
< h1 >
GeeksForGeeks
</ h1 >
< h2 >
DOM Anchor pathname Property
</ h2 >
< p >Welcome to
< a href =
id = "GFG"
rel = "nofollow"
target = "_self" >
GeeksforGeeks
</ a >
</ p >
< button onclick = "myGeeks()" >
Submit
</ button >
< p id = "sudo"
style="color:green;
font-size:25px;">
</ p >
< script >
function myGeeks() {
var x =
document.getElementById(
"GFG").pathname;
document.getElementById(
"sudo").innerHTML =
"The pathname will be changd now";
}
</ script > "
</ center >
</ body >
</ html >
|
Output:
Before Clicking On Button:

After Clicking On Button:

Supported Browsers: The browser supported by DOM Anchor Pathname property are listed below:
- Google Chrome
- Internet Explorer 10.0 +
- Firefox
- Opera
- Safari
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Last Updated :
23 Oct, 2019
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