HTMLTextAreaElement: name property

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.

The name property of the HTMLTextAreaElement interface indicates the name of the <textarea> element. It reflects the element's name attribute.

Value

A string representing the element's name.

Example

js
const textareaElement = document.querySelector("#message");
console.log(`Element's name: ${textareaElement.name}`);
textareaElement.name = "response"; // sets or updates the element's name

Specifications

Specification
HTML
# dom-fe-name

Browser compatibility

desktopmobile
Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
name

See also