Name

ID — NN n/a IE 4 HTML 4

Synopsis

ID=”elementIdentifier"

Optional

A unique identifier that distinguishes this element from all the rest in the document. Can be used to associate a single element with a style rule naming this attribute value as an ID selector. Do not confuse the ID attribute with the NAME attribute, whose value is submitted as part of a name/value pair with the form.

Input Types

All.

Example

<INPUT TYPE="button" ID="next" VALUE=">>Next>>" onClick="goNext(3)">

Value

Case-sensitive identifier.

Default

None.

Object Model Reference

IE

[window.]document.formName.inputName.id

[window.]document.forms[i].elements[i].id

[window.]document.all.elementID.id

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