Can I apply a CSS style to an element name?

Question

I\'m currently working on a project where I have no control over the HTML that I am applying CSS styles to. And the HTML is not very well labelled, in the sense that there a

Answer 1

Text Input Example

input[type=text] {
  width: 150px;
}

input[name=myname] {
  width: 100px;
}

<input type="text">
<br>
<input type="text" name="myname">

Answer 2

You can use the attribute selector,

input[name="goButton"] {
  background: red;
}

<input name="goButton">

Be aware that it isn't supported in IE6.

Update: In 2016 you can pretty much use them as you want, since IE6 is dead. http://quirksmode.org/css/selectors/

http://reference.sitepoint.com/css/attributeselector

Answer 3

You can use attribute selectors but they won't work in IE6 like meder said, there are javascript workarounds to that tho. Check Selectivizr

More detailed into on attribute selectors: http://www.css3.info/preview/attribute-selectors/

/* turns all input fields that have a name that starts with "go" red */
input[name^="go"] { color: red }

Answer 4

This is the perfect job for the query selector...

var Set1=document.querySelectorAll('input[type=button]');  // by type

var Set2=document.querySelectorAll('input[name=goButton]'); // by name

var Set3=document.querySelectorAll('input[value=Go]'); // by value

You can then loop through these collections to operate on elements found.