JavaScript Reference/Javascript Properties/id
"id" Example
<html>
<body>
<script language="JavaScript">
function getID(elem) {
var id = elem.id;
alert("This element"s id attribute is set to \"" + id + "\".");
}
</script>
<p>Click in the following image to display the id.</p>
<img id="myImg" src="yourimage.jpg" onclick="getID(this);">
</body>
</html>
"id" 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 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> <nobr> |
| |<noframes> <noscript> |
| |<object> <ol> |
| |<optgroup> <option> |
| |<p> <param> |
| |<plaintext> <pre> |
| |<q> <rt> |
| |<ruby> <s> |
| |<samp> <script> |
| |<select> <small> |
| |<span> <strike> |
| |<strong> <style> |
| |styleSheet <sub> |
| |<sup> <table> |
| |<tbody> <td> |
| |<textarea> <tfoot> |
| |<th> <thead> |
| |<title> <tr> |
| |<tt> <u> |
| |<ul> <var> |
| |<wbr> <xml> |
| |<xmp> |
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"id" Syntax and Note
Note:
Read and write property.
Specifies the element identifier.
Syntax:
document.getElementById("elementID").id = value
document.all.elementID.id = value // IE only