The read-only nodeName
property of Node
returns the name of the current node as a string.
Node.nodeName
Value
A string. Values for the different types of nodes are:
-
Attr
-
The value of
Attr.name
, that is the qualified name of the attribute. -
CDATASection
-
The string
"#cdata-section"
. -
Comment
-
The string
"#comment"
. -
Document
-
The string
"#document"
. -
DocumentFragment
-
The string
"#document-fragment"
. -
DocumentType
-
The value of
DocumentType.name
-
Element
-
The value of
Element.tagName
, that is the uppercase name of the element tag if an HTML element, or the lowercase element tag if an XML element (like a SVG or MATHML element). -
ProcessingInstruction
-
The value of
ProcessingInstruction.target
-
Text
-
The string
"#text"
.
Example
This example displays the node names of several nodes
This is some HTML: <div id="d1">Hello world</div> <!-- Example of comment --> Text <span>Text</span> Text<br/> <svg height="20" width="20"> <circle cx="10" cy="10" r="5" stroke="black" stroke-width="1" fill="red" /> </svg> <hr> <output id="result">Not calculated yet.</output>
and the following script:
let node = document.getElementsByTagName("body")[0].firstChild; let result = "Node names are:<br/>"; while (node) { result += node.nodeName + "<br/>"; node = node.nextSibling } const output = document.getElementById("result"); output.innerHTML = result;
Specifications
Specification |
---|
DOM Standard # ref-for-dom-node-nodename① |
Browser compatibility
Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
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Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari | WebView Android | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | |
nodeName |
1
|
12
|
1
|
6
|
≤12.1
|
1
|
1
|
18
|
4
|
≤12.1
|
1
|
1.0
|
See also
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Node/nodeName