HTML | DOM Input Text name Property

Last Updated : 26 Aug, 2022

The DOM Input Text name Property in HTML DOM is used to set or return the value of name attribute of a Textfield. The name attribute is required for each input field. If the name attribute is not specified in an input field then the data of that field would not be sent at all.

Syntax:

It returns the Input Text name property.

textObject.name

It is used to set the Input Text name property.

textObject.name = name

Property Values: It contains single value name which defines the name of the text field.

Return Value: It returns a string value which represents the name of the Text field.

Example 1: This example illustrates how to return Input text name property.

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
<head> 
    <title> 
        HTML DOM Input Text name Property
    </title> 
</head> 
<body style="text-align:center;"> 
    <h1>GeeksForGeeks</h1> 
    <h2>DOM Input Text name Property</h2> 
    <form id="myGeeks">
        <input type="text" id="text_id" name="geeks"
             pattern="[A-Za-z]{3}"> 
    </form>
    <br>
    <button onclick="myGeeks()">Click Here!</button> 
    <p id="GFG" style="font-size:25px;"></p> 
     
    <!-- Script to return the name property-->
    <script> 
        function myGeeks() { 
            var txt = document.getElementById("text_id").name;
            document.getElementById("GFG").innerHTML = txt; 
        } 
    </script> 
</body> 
</html>

Output:

Before clicking on the button:

After clicking on the button:

Example-2: This Example illustrates how to set the property.

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
<head> 
    <title> 
        HTML DOM Input Text name Property
    </title> 
</head> 
<body style="text-align:center;"> 
    <h1>GeeksForGeeks</h1> 
    <h2>DOM Input Text name Property</h2> 
    <form id="myGeeks">
        <input type="text" id="text_id" name="geeks" 
            pattern="[A-Za-z]{3}"> 
    </form>
    <br>
    <button onclick="myGeeks()">Click Here!</button> 
    <p id="GFG" style="font-size:20px;"></p> 
     
    <!-- Script to set the name Property-->
    <script> 
        function myGeeks() { 
            var txt = document.getElementById("text_id").name ="Hello Geeks";
            document.getElementById("GFG").innerHTML = 
           "The value of the name attribute was changed to " + txt; 
        } 
    </script> 
</body> 
</html>