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tagName property
Retrieves the tag name of the object.
Syntax
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Property values
Type: String
the tag name.
Standards information
- Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 Specification, Section 2.5.5
Examples
This example retrieves the tag name of an object that has the identifier specified in the prompt window.
<script type="text/javascript"> var idValue = window.prompt("Get the tag with this ID:"); if (idValue != null) { alert(document.all[idValue].tagName) } </script>
See also
- a
- abbr
- acronym
- address
- applet
- area
- article
- aside
- b
- bdo
- big
- blockQuote
- body
- br
- button
- caption
- center
- cite
- code
- col
- colGroup
- custom
- dd
- del
- dfn
- dir
- div
- dl
- dt
- em
- embed
- fieldSet
- figcaption
- figure
- font
- footer
- form
- frame
- frameSet
- head
- header
- hgroup
- hn
- hr
- html
- i
- iframe
- img
- input type=button
- input type=checkbox
- input type=email
- input type=file
- input type=hidden
- input type=image
- input type=number
- input type=password
- input type=radio
- input type=range
- input type=reset
- input type=search
- input type=submit
- input type=tel
- input type=text
- input type=url
- ins
- isIndex
- kbd
- label
- legend
- li
- listing
- map
- mark
- marquee
- menu
- nav
- nextID
- noBR
- object
- ol
- optGroup
- option
- p
- plainText
- pre
- q
- rt
- ruby
- s
- samp
- section
- select
- small
- span
- strike
- strong
- sub
- sup
- table
- tBody
- td
- textArea
- tFoot
- th
- tHead
- tr
- tt
- u
- ul
- var
- xmp
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