Get form name using javascript

Question

How to get the form name when peress a button inside the form ? document.forms[0].name will do the job only if i have one form. How about for multiple forms ?

FORM:

<form name="aaa">
<input type="button" name="submit" value="Submit Form"  onclick="somefunction();">
</form>

FUNCTION:

<script>
function somefunction()
{
var thename=document.forms[0].name;
alert (thename);
}
</script>

Amit Joki · Accepted Answer · 2014-04-19 11:58:45Z

2

You can do the below

var thename=document.getElementsByTagName('form')[0].name;

(or)

var thename = document.forms[0].name;

Demo

edited Apr 19, 2014 at 11:58

answered Apr 19, 2014 at 11:43

Amit Joki

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2 Comments

user3439263 Over a year ago

Yes, that solve half of the issue, however in that way i can`t use more than one form in the page becouse the function will return the first form allways!

Amit Joki Over a year ago

that should be a different question though ;)

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