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HTMLFormControlsCollection.namedItem

The HTMLFormControlsCollection.namedItem() method returns the RadioNodeList or the Element in the collection whose name or id match the specified name, or null if no node matches.

Note that this version of namedItem() hides the one inherited from HTMLCollection. Like that one, in JavaScript, using the array bracket syntax with a String, like collection["value"] is equivalent to collection.namedItem("value").

Syntax

var item = collection.namedItem(str);
var item = collection[str];

Parameters

str is a DOMString

Return value

item is a RadioNodeList , Element, or null.

Examples

<form>
  <input id="myFormControl" type="textarea"/>
</form>

elem1 = document.forms[0]["myFormControl"]; // Returns the HTMLInputElement representing #myFormControl

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
HTML Living Standard The definition of 'HTMLFormControlsCollection.namedItem()' in that specification.	Living Standard
HTML5 The definition of 'HTMLFormControlsCollection' in that specification.	Recommendation	In this snapshot of HTML Living Standard, the `HTMLFormControlsCollections` is defined for the first time.

Browser compatibilityUpdate compatibility data on GitHub

	Desktop
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari
Basic support	Yes	No	33 33 27 — 33 Returned a `NodeList` instead of a `RadioNodeList`.	No	Yes	?

	Mobile
	Android webview	Chrome for Android	Edge Mobile	Firefox for Android	Opera for Android	iOS Safari	Samsung Internet
Basic support	Yes	Yes	No	33 33 27 — 33 Returned a `NodeList` instead of a `RadioNodeList`.	Yes	?	?