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HTML DOM renameNode() Method

< Document Object

Example

Rename a <p> element:

var p = document.getElementsByTagName("P")[0];
document.renameNode(p, null, "h1");

Definition and Usage

The renameNode() method renames nodes of type Element and Attr.

Browser Support

Method
renameNode()	Not supported	Not supported	Not supported	Not supported	Not supported

Syntax

document.renameNode(node,namespaceURI,nodename)

Parameter Values

Parameter	Type	Description
node	Node object	Required. The node object you want to rename
namespaceURI	String	Required, but can be set to null if you do not want to specify the namespace URI of the node
nodename	String	Required, the new nodename

Technical Details

Return Value:	A Node object, representing the renamed node
DOM Version	Core Level 3 Document Object

< Document Object