HTML DOM Element tagName
Examples
Get the tagName of the "demo" element:
let name = document.getElementById("demo").tagName;
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Find which element triggered an event:
const element = event.target;
let name = element.tagName;
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Description
The tagName property returns the tag name of an element.
The tagName property returns the tag name in UPPERCASE.
The tagName property is read-only.
Difference Between tagName and nodeName
The nodeName property also returns the tag name of an element.
The nodeName can also return the tag name of attribute nodes, text nodes, and comment nodes.
See Also:
Syntax
element.tagName
Return Value
| Type | Description |
| String | The tag name of the element (in uppercase). |
Browser Support
element.tagName is a DOM Level 1 (1998) feature.
It is fully supported in all browsers:
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Safari | Opera | IE |
| Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 9-11 |
