Form.name

JavaScript 1.0+, JScript 1.0+ Nav2+, IE 3+, Opera3+ Syntax

							form.name

Description

The name property of the Form object represents the name of the form as specified in the HTML <form> tag.

Example

Listing 7.262 shows how the name property is used to get the HTML NAME attribute of the form. The showName function uses the Form object to access the name attribute of the form.

Listing 7.262 Accessing name Property
<html>
<head>
<title>Access the name property of the Form object</title>
</head>
<body>
<script language="JavaScript">
<!-- Hide
function showName(){
// Alert box tells what the name of the form is
alert("Form Name is: " + document.form1.name);
}
// End Hide --->
</script>
							 <form name ="form1" > Dummy input text box. ...

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