Dynamic HTML: The Definitive Reference

Name

name — NN 2 IE 3 DOM 1

Synopsis

Read/Write

The identifier associated with a frame or subwindow for use as the value assigned to TARGET attributes or as script references to the frame/subwindow. For a frame, the value is usually assigned via the NAME attribute of the FRAME tag, but it can be modified by a script if necessary. The name of a subwindow is assigned as a parameter to the window.open( ) method. The primary browser window does not have a name by default.

Example

if (parent.frames[1].name == "main") {
    ...
}

Value

Case-sensitive identifier that follows the rules of identifier naming: it may contain no whitespace, cannot begin with a numeral, and should avoid punctuation except for the underscore character.

Default

None.