nodeName Property

Retrieves the name of a particular type of node.

Syntax

HTML Scripting

N/A

[ sName = ] object . nodeName

Possible Values

sName

String that receives one of the following values.

tagName	Name of the element, also available through the tagName property.
attrName	Name of the attribute, where the node is an attribute object.
#text	Node is a TextNode object.

The property is read-only. The property has no default value.

Example

This example uses the nodeName property to obtain the name of an element.

<SCRIPT>
// returns the element name 'LI' of the list item labeled 'List Item 2'
var sName = oList.childNodes(1). nodeName ;
</SCRIPT>
<BODY>
<UL ID = oList> <LI>List Item 1 <LI>List Item 2 <LI>List Item 3 </UL>
</BODY>

Standards Information

This property is defined in World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 .

Applies To

TD Platform Version

Win16:	5
Win32:	5
Unix:	5
Mac:	5
Windows CE:	5.5

A , ACRONYM , ADDRESS , APPLET , AREA , attribute , B , BASE , BASEFONT , BDO , BGSOUND , BIG , BLOCKQUOTE , BODY , BR , BUTTON , CAPTION , CENTER , CITE , CODE , COL , COLGROUP , COMMENT , DD , DEL , DFN , DIR , DIV , DL , DT , EM , EMBED , FIELDSET , FONT , FORM , FRAME , FRAMESET , HEAD , hn , HR , HTML , I , IFRAME , IMG , INPUT type=button , INPUT type=checkbox , INPUT type=file , INPUT type=hidden , INPUT type=image , INPUT type=password , INPUT type=radio , INPUT type=reset , INPUT type=submit , INPUT type=text , INS , KBD , LABEL , LEGEND , LI , LINK , LISTING , MAP , MARQUEE , MENU , nextID , OBJECT , OL , OPTION , P , PLAINTEXT , PRE , Q , S , SAMP , SCRIPT , SELECT , SMALL , SPAN , STRIKE , STRONG , SUB , SUP , TABLE , TBODY , TD , TEXTAREA , TextNode , TFOOT , TH , THEAD , TITLE , TR , TT , U , UL , VAR , XMP

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