HTML | DOM Select name Property

Last Updated : 17 Nov, 2021

The select name property in HTML DOM is used to set or return the value of name attribute of a drop-down list. This property returns a string which represents the name of the drop-down list.

Syntax:

It returns the select name property.
```
selectObject.name
```
It is used to set the select name property.
```
 selectObject.name = name 
```

Property Values: It contains single value name which is used to specify the name of the drop-down list.

Return Value: It returns a string value that represents the name of the drop-down list

Below program illustrates the Select name property in HTML DOM:

Example: This example returns the value of the name attribute of a drop-down list.

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
      
<head>  
    <title> 
        HTML DOM Select name Property 
    </title>  
</head> 
  
<body style="text-align:center;"> 
  
    <h1 style="color:green;"> 
        GeeksforGeeks 
    </h1>  
      
    <h2 style="font-family: Impact;"> 
        Select name Property 
    </h2><br> 
      
    Select your preferred course from the drop-down list:<br> 
      
    <select name="Courses Titles" id="myCourses"> 
        <option value="C++">c++</option> 
        <option value="Placement">Placement</option> 
        <option value="Java">Java</option> 
        <option value="Python">Python</option> 
    </select> 
      
    <p> 
        To return the value of the name attribute of 
        the drop-down list, double-click the  
        "Return Name" button. 
    </p> 
      
    <button ondblclick="myGeeks()"> 
        Return Name 
    </button> 
      
    <p id="GFG"></p> 
      
    <!-- Script to use DOM Select name Property -->
    <script> 
        function myGeeks() { 
            var d = document.getElementById("myCourses").name; 
            document.getElementById("GFG").innerHTML = d; 
        } 
    </script> 
</body> 
  
</html>                                                   