JavaScript Reference/Javascript Properties/tagName
"tagName" Example
<html>
<body>
<button onclick="alert(this.tagName);">Tag Name</button>
</body>
</html>
"tagName" is applied to
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| Applied_To |<a> <acronym> |
| |<address> <applet> |
| |<area> <b> |
| |<base> <basefont> |
| |<bdo> <bgsound> |
| |<big> <blockquote> |
| |<body> <br> |
| |<button> <caption> |
| |<center> <cite> |
| |<code> <col> |
| |<colgroup> <comment> |
| |<custom> <dd> |
| |<del> <dfn> |
| |<dir> <div> |
| |<dl> <dt> |
| |<em> <embed> |
| |<fieldset> <font> |
| |<form> <frame> |
| |<frameset> <head> |
| |<hn> <hr> |
| |<html> <i> |
| |<iframe> <img> |
| |<input> <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> |
| |<isindex> <kbd> |
| |<label> <legend> |
| |<li> <link> |
| |<listing> <map> |
| |<marquee> <menu> |
| |<meta> <nobr> |
| |<noframes> <noscript> |
| |<object> <ol> |
| |<optgroup> <option> |
| |<p> <param> |
| |<plaintext> <pre> |
| |<q> <rt> |
| |<ruby> <s> |
| |<samp> <script> |
| |<select> <small> |
| |<span> <strike> |
| |<strong> <style> |
| |<sub> <sup> |
| |<table> <tbody> |
| |<td> <textarea> |
| |<tfoot> <th> |
| |<thead> <title> |
| |<tr> <tt> |
| |<u> <ul> |
| |<var> <xmp> |
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"tagName" Syntax and Note
Note:
Read-only property.
Returns the tag name of the element.
Syntax:
document.getElementById("elementID").tagName
document.all.elementID.tagName // IE only