In this section, we will learn what the Element nodeName property is and how to use it in JavaScript.

What is Element nodeName Property in JavaScript?

The JavaScript Element nodeName property is used to get the name of the target element that invoked the property.

Note: in the “return value” part of this section, you’ll see that depending on the type of node that this property is called with, we might get a different value.

JavaScript nodeName Property Syntax:

element.nodeName;

JavaScript nodeName Property Input Value

The nodeName property is read-only and so we can’t assign a value to it.

JavaScript nodeName Property Return Value

Depending on the type of the node, the return value of this property might be:

Node Type	nodeName return value
Element	Element name
Attr	Attribute Name
Text	#text
CDATASection	#cdata-section
EntityReference	Entity reference name
Entity	Entity name
ProcessingInstruction	Target
Comment	#comment
Document	#document
DocumentType	Doctype name
DocumentFragment	#document fragment
Notation	Notation name

Example: JavaScript get element name

See the Pen JavaScript get element name by Omid Dehghan (@odchan1) on CodePen.