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title: "How to find the html elements by using JavaScript?"
description: "How to find the html elements by using JavaScript?"
author: "Ravi Vishwakarma"
published: 2021-07-19
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/93760/how-to-find-the-html-elements-by-using-javascript
category: "web application"
tags: ["javascript", "web application development", "web development"]
reading_time: 1 minute
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# How to find the html elements by using JavaScript?
How to find the [html](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/12368/why-are-html-themes-the-first-selection-of-designers) [elements](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/1440/wpf-button-with-multiple-text-elements) by using [JavaScript](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/1530/design-a-simple-stylish-calculator-using-html-css-and-javascript)?
## Answers
### Answer by Ethan Karla
In JavaScript has basically four method for finding the html elements. 1. document.getElementById(id-name) 2. document.getElementsByClassName(class-name) 3. document.getElementsByTagName(tag-name); 4. d.getElementsByName(name-attribute name); Example
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