Attr: name property

The read-only name property of the Attr interface returns the qualified name of an attribute, that is the name of the attribute, with the namespace prefix, if any, in front of it. For example, if the local name is lang and the namespace prefix is xml, the returned qualified name is xml:lang.

The qualified name is always in lower case, whatever case at the attribute creation.

Value

A string representing the attribute’s qualified name.

Example

The following example displays the qualified name of the first attribute of the two first elements, when we click on the appropriate button.

HTML

<svg xml:lang="en-US" class="struct" height="1" width="1">Click me</svg>
<label xml:lang="en-US" class="struct"></label>

<p>
  <button>Show value for &lt;svg&gt;</button>
  <button>Show value for &lt;label&gt;</button>
</p>

<p>
  Qualified name of the attribute <code>xml:lang</code>:
  <output id="result">None.</output>
</p>

JavaScript

const elements = document.querySelectorAll(".struct");
const buttons = document.querySelectorAll("button");
const outputEl = document.querySelector("#result");

let i = 0;
for (const button of buttons) {
  const element = elements[i];
  button.addEventListener("click", () => {
    const attribute = element.attributes[0];
    outputEl.value = attribute.name;
  });
  i++;
}

Specifications

Browser compatibility

See also

• The properties localName, returning the local part of the qualified name of the attribute, and prefix, the namespace prefix.
• The tagName() property, returning the qualified name of an Element.