Retrieves the name of a particular type of node.
Syntax
HTMLN/AScripting[ 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.
#text
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>
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 .
Applies To
A, ABBR, 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
