HTMLCollection.namedItem()
The namedItem() method of the HTMLCollection interface returns the first Element in the collection whose id or name attribute match the specified name, or null if no element matches.
In JavaScript, using the array bracket syntax with a String, like collection["value"] is equivalent to collection.namedItem("value").
Syntax
const item = collection.namedItem(key);
Parameters
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keyis a string representing the value of theidornameattribute of the element we are looking for.
Return value
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itemis the firstElementin theHTMLCollectionmatching the key, ornull, if there are none.
Example
HTML
<div id="personal"> <span name="title">Dr.</span> <span name="firstname">John</span> <span name="lastname">Doe</span> </div>
JavaScript
const container = document.getElementById('personal'); // Returns the HTMLSpanElement with the name "title" if no such element exists null is returned const titleSpan = container.children.namedItem('title'); // The following variants return undefined instead of null if there's no element with a matching name or id const firstnameSpan = container.children['firstname']; const lastnameSpan = container.children.lastname;
Specification
{{Specification}}Browser compatibility
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari | WebView Android | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | |
namedItem |
1 |
12 |
1 |
8 |
≤12.1 |
1 |
1 |
18 |
4 |
≤12.1 |
1 |
1.0 |
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLCollection/namedItem