<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<textarea id="myTextarea" name="comment">
Some text in a text area....</textarea>
<p>Click the buttons below to display and/or change the value of the name attribute of the text area.</p>
<button onclick="display()">Display name</button>
<button onclick="change()">Change name</button>
<script>
function display() {
var x = document.getElementById("myTextarea").name;
alert("The name of the text area is: " + x);
}
function change() {
var x = document.getElementById("myTextarea").name = "newTxtName";
alert ("The name was changed to: " + x);
}
</script>
</body>
</html>