The HTMLFormElement.name property represents the name of the current <form> element as a string.
If your <form> element contains an element named name then that element overrides the form.name property, so that you can't access it.
The HTMLFormElement.name property represents the name of the current <form> element as a string.
If your <form> element contains an element named name then that element overrides the form.name property, so that you can't access it.
A string.
js
const form1name = document.getElementById("form1").name; if (form1name !== document.form.form1) { // Browser doesn't support this form of reference }
| Specification |
|---|
| HTML Standard # dom-form-name |
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari | WebView Android | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | |
name |
1 | 12 | 1 | 5.5 | ≤12.1 | 3 | 4.4 | 18 | 4 | ≤12.1 | 1 | 1.0 |
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLFormElement/name