HTML | DOM Object name Property

Last Updated : 25 Aug, 2022

The HTML | DOM Object name Property is used to set or return the value of a name attribute of an <object> element. The name attribute is used to specify the name of the embedded file.

Syntax:

It returns the name property

objObject.name

It is used to set the name property.

objObject.name = name

Property Values: It contains the value i.e name which is used to specify the name of the embedded file.

Return Value: It returns a string value which represents the name of an <object> element.

Example-1: This Example returns a name Property.

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
    <center>
        <object id="myobject" 
                width="400"
                height="100" 
                name="myGeeks" 
                data=
"https://media.geeksforgeeks.org/wp-content/uploads/geek-8.png">
          </object>
        <h2>
          DOM Object name Property
          </h2>
        
<p>
          Click the button to get 
          the name of the embedded file.
          </p>

        <button onclick="Geeks()">
            Click it
        </button>
        <p id="gfg"
           style="color:green;
                  font-size:25px;">
          </p>

    </center>
    <script>
        function Geeks() {

            // return Object name Property
            var x =
                document.getElementById(
                    "myobject").name;

            document.getElementById(
                "gfg").innerHTML = x;
        }
    </script>
</body>
</html>

Output:
Before Clicking On Button:

After Clicking On Button:

Example-2: This Example sets the name Property.

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
    <center>
        <object id="myobject" 
                width="400" 
                height="100" 
                name="myGeeks" 
                data=
"https://media.geeksforgeeks.org/wp-content/uploads/geek-8.png">
          </object>
        <h2>
          DOM Object name Property
          </h2>
        
<p>
          Click the button to change 
          the name of the embedded file.
          </p>

        <button onclick="Geeks()">
            Click it
        </button>
        <p id="gfg" 
           style="color:green;
                  font-size:25px;">
          </p>

    </center>
    <script>
        function Geeks() {

            // set object name Property
            var x =
                document.getElementById(
                    "myobject").name = "Obj1";

            document.getElementById(
                "gfg").innerHTML = 
              "The value of the name attribute"+
              " was changed to " + x;
        }
    </script>
</body>
</html>