tagName Property

Retrieves the tag name of the object .

Syntax

HTML Scripting

N/A

[ sName = ] object.tagName

Possible Values

sName

String that receives the tag name.

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

Example

This example retrieves the tag name of an object that has the identifier specified in the prompt window.

<SCRIPT>
var idValue = window.prompt("Get the tag with this ID:");
if (idValue != null) { alert(document.all[idValue]. tagName ) }
</SCRIPT>

Standards Information

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

Applies To

Platform Version

Win16:	4.0
Win32:	4.0
Windows CE:	4.0
Unix:	4.0
Mac:	4.0

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