Syntax
document.form.button.name
The name property provides access to the NAME attribute of the button as specified by the tag.
This property is a read-only string.
<html> <script language="JavaScript"> <!-- function displayMessage() { var alertString = String("You pressed the button named "); alertString += document.myForm.myButton.name; alert(alertString); } --> </script> <form name="myForm"> <input type="button" value="Big Button" name="myButton" onClick="displayMessage()"> </form> </html>