Name

NAME — NN all IE all HTML all

Synopsis

NAME=”elementIdentifier"

Optional

If the INPUT element is part of a form being submitted to a server, the NAME attribute is required if the value of the element is to be submitted with the form. For forms that are in documents for the convenience of scripted form elements, INPUT element names are not required but are helpful just the same in creating scripted references to these objects and their properties or methods.

Input Types

All.

Example

<INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="ZIP" MAXLENGTH=10>

Value

Case-sensitive identifier.

Default

None.

Object Model Reference

NN

[window.]document.formName.inputName.name

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

IE

[window.]document.formName.inputName.name

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

[window.]document.all.elementID.name

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