The HTMLMetaElement.name property is used in combination with HTMLMetaElement.content to define the name-value pairs for the metadata of a document. The name attribute defines the metadata name and the content attribute defines the value.
HTMLMetaElement: name property
Value
A string.
Examples
Reading the metadata name of a meta element
The following example queries the first <meta> element in a document. The name value is logged to the console, showing that keywords have been specified for the document:
js
// given <meta name="keywords" content="documentation, HTML, web technologies">
let meta = document.querySelector("meta");
console.log(meta.name);
// "keywords"
Creating a meta element with author metadata
The following example creates a new <meta> element with a name attribute set to author. The content attribute sets the author of the document and the element is appended to the document <head>:
js
let meta = document.createElement("meta");
meta.name = "author";
meta.content = "Franz Kafka";
document.head.appendChild(meta);
Specifications
| Specification |
|---|
| HTML Standard # dom-meta-name |
Browser compatibility
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari | WebView Android | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | |
name |
1 | 12 | 1 | 5.5 | ≤12.1 | 1 | 4.4 | 18 | 4 | ≤12.1 | 1 | 1.0 |
See also
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLMetaElement/name