HTML DOM Element tagName

Get the tagName of the "demo" element:

let name = document.getElementById("demo").tagName;

Find which element triggered an event:

const element = event.target;
let name = element.tagName;

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.

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.

element.tagName

Type	Description
String	The tag name of the element (in uppercase).

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