Name

tagName — NN n/a IE 4 DOM n/a

Synopsis

Read-only

Returns the name of the tag used to create the current element. Tag names are always returned in all uppercase letters for purposes of easy string comparisons.

Example

var theTag = document.all.elementID.tagName

Value

String.

Default

None.

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