<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
Search: <input type="search" id="mySearch" name="googlesearch">
<p>Click the buttons to display and/or change the value of the name attribute of the search field.</p>
<button onclick="display()">Display name</button>
<button onclick="change()">Change name</button>
<script>
function display() {
var x = document.getElementById("mySearch").name;
alert("The name of the search field is: " + x);
}
function change() {
var x = document.getElementById("mySearch").name = "newSearchName";
alert ("The name was changed to: " + x);
}
</script>
</body>
</html>