Categories: Element

javascript Element tagName

@March 15, 2008, 1:22 a.m.

tagName	Firefox/Netscape/NN 6 IE 4 Chrome/Safari/DOM 1
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Returns the name of the tag of the current element. Tag names are always returned in all uppercase letters for purposes of string comparisons, regardless of source code style or DOCTYPE declaration.

Example

var theTag = document.getElementById("elementID").tagName;

Value
String.

Default
Element-specific.