The read-only nodeName
property of Node
returns the name of the current node as a string.
The read-only nodeName
property of Node
returns the name of the current node as a string.
A string. Values for the different types of nodes are:
Attr
The value of Attr.name
, that is the qualified name of the attribute.
CDATASection
The string "#cdata-section"
.
Comment
The string "#comment"
.
Document
The string "#document"
.
DocumentFragment
The string "#document-fragment"
.
DocumentType
The value of DocumentType.name
Element
The value of Element.tagName
, that is the uppercase name of the element tag if an HTML element, or the lowercase element tag if an XML element (like a SVG or MATHML element).
ProcessingInstruction
The value of ProcessingInstruction.target
Text
The string "#text"
.
This example displays the node names of several nodes
html
This is some HTML: <div id="d1">Hello world</div> <!-- Example of comment --> Text <span>Text</span> Text<br /> <svg height="20" width="20"> <circle cx="10" cy="10" r="5" stroke="black" stroke-width="1" fill="red" /> </svg> <hr /> <output id="result">Not calculated yet.</output>
and the following script:
js
let node = document.querySelector("body").firstChild; let result = "Node names are:<br/>"; while (node) { result += `${node.nodeName}<br/>`; node = node.nextSibling; } const output = document.getElementById("result"); output.innerHTML = result;
Specification |
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DOM Standard # ref-for-dom-node-nodename① |
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nodeName |
1 | 12 | 1 | 6 | ≤12.1 | 1 | 4.4 | 18 | 4 | ≤12.1 | 1 | 1.0 |
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Node/nodeName