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HTMLOutputElement: 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 ⁨August 2016⁩.

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

Value

A string representing the element's name.

Example

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

Specifications

Specification
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# dom-fe-name>

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Opera Safari Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet WebView Android WebView on iOS
name 9 14 4 ≤12.1 5.1 18 4 ≤12.1 5 1.0 3 5

See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLOutputElement/name