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JavaScript & HTML DOM Reference Manual

Overview

JavaScript Object

JavaScript Array Object JavaScript Boolean Object JavaScript Date Object JavaScript Math Object JavaScript Number Object JavaScript String Object JavaScript RegExp Object JavaScript Global properties / functions JavaScript Operator

Browser Object

Window Object Navigator Object Screen Object History Object Location Object

DOM Object

HTML DOM Document Object HTML DOM Element object HTML DOM Attribute object HTML DOM Event object

HTML Object

<a> <area> <audio> <base> <blockquote> <body> <button> <canvas> <col> <colgroup> <datalist> <del> <details> <dialog> <embed> <fieldset> <form> <iframe> <frameset > <img> <ins> <input> - button <input> - checkbox <input> - color <input> - date <input> - datetime <input> - datetime-local <input> - email <input> - file <input> - hidden <input> - image <input> - month <input> - number <input> - range <input> - password <input> - radio <input> - reset <input> - search <input> - submit <input> - text <input> - time <input> - url <input> - week <keygen> <link> <label> <legend> <li> <map> <menu> <menuItem> <meta> <meter> <object> <ol> <optgroup> <option> <param> <progress> <q> <script> <select> <source> <style> <table> <td> <th> <tr> <textarea> <title> <time> <track> <video>

HTML DOM nodeName property

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Examples

Get node name body element:

document.body.nodeName;

Output:

BODY

Definition and Usage

nodeName property returns the name depending on the type of node.

If the node is an element node, nodeName property returns the tag name.

If the node is an attribute node, nodeName property returns the attribute name.

Other node types, nodeName property returns back to a different node name depending on the node type.

Browser Support

All major browsers support nodeName property

grammar

node .nodeName

technical details

return value:	String representing the name of the node.
DOM version	Core Level 1 Node Object

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