HTML: id have same name as tag

Asked Sep 24 '18 at 14:59

Active Sep 24 '18 at 15:03

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I had a strange notice regarding my HTML code and I have no explanation for it if anyone can help explain this:

<form action="/action_page.php" method="get">
  First name: <input type="text" name="fname"><br>
  Last name: <input type="text" name="lname"><br>
  <input type="submit" value="Submit">
</form>

<div id='div'>dummy</div>

When you define the id of an element to have the same name as the tag, if you opened the browser console and typed "div" or "form" it would print out the element itself.
Can anyone explain this ?

edited Sep 24 '18 at 15:03

asked Sep 24 '18 at 14:59

m.y.m

can you show us how you're `printing out the element itself`? – treyBake Sep 24 '18 at 15:01
The fact your IDs are the same as element types is irrelevant. See the duplicate question. – Quentin Sep 24 '18 at 15:02
If you typed "div in the console" it would print:
dummy
– m.y.m Sep 24 '18 at 15:02
@ThisGuyHasTwoThumbs - http://jsbin.com/pureyipoca/1/edit?html,js,console – Quentin Sep 24 '18 at 15:03
@Quentin haha well I just feel stupid now xD – treyBake Sep 24 '18 at 15:04
@ThisGuyHasTwoThumbs — The question is loaded up with red herrings (it doesn't need to be console specific or have ids that are the same as element types) that bury the lead. – Quentin Sep 24 '18 at 15:05
Yeah, I reviewed the question and found out that! Thanks a lot. – m.y.m Sep 24 '18 at 15:08

HTML: id have same name as tag

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