name attribute | name property

Sets or retrieves the name of an input parameter for an element.

Syntax

HTML	`<element name="p" ... >`
JavaScript	`p = object.name`

Property values

Type: String

the name which is passed to an applet, embed, or object element.

Standards information

Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 Specification, Section 2.5.5

Remarks

In Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 and later, name is a read/write property.

Examples

The following example shows how to use the param element to specify a run-time parameter for the object specified by the object element. A URI is specified for the Windows Media Player control.

JavaScript


<object classid="clsid:22D6F312-B0F6-11D0-94AB-0080C74C7E95">
<param name="FileName" 
value="http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/samples/author/behaviors/media/28movie.asf"
valuetype="ref" TYPE="video/*"/>
</object>