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JavaScript DOM HTML property: tagName

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The tagName property of HTML elements within the JavaScript DOM returns the tag name of the element (i.e. the type of element that it is).

 

EXAMPLE:


HTML USED IN THIS EXAMPLE:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html> <!-- Copyright (c) Nematrian Limited 2018 -->
<head></head>
<body>
<br>
<span id="element" style="border: 2px solid blue; padding: 10px"
  class="Class1" lang="en" accesskey="h">Hello</span><br><br>
<span id="element2"></span>

<script>
var x = document.getElementById("element");

document.getElementById("element2").innerHTML = 
  "Properties of the element include:<br>" +
  "accessKey = " + x.accessKey + "<br>" +
  "classList = " + x.classList + "<br>" +
  "contentEditable = " + x.contentEditable + "<br>" +
  "id = " + x.id + "<br>" +
  "lang = " + x.lang + "<br>" +
  "tagName = " + x.tagName + "<br>" +
  "textContent = " + x.textContent;
</script>



</body>
</html>


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