JavaScript: Element Attribute Methods

Methods on Element Attributes

node.hasAttribute(attr)

Return true or false. This is especially useful for “boolean attributes” that do not have values. e.g. the controls in HTML Video Tag

node.getAttribute(attr)

[see Get Element's Attribute Value]

node.setAttribute(attr, val)

[see Set Element's Attribute Value]

node.removeAttribute(attr)

[see Remove Element's Attribute Value]

node.attributes

Get all attributes. Return a Live Object of NamedNodeMap object.

Class Attribute Methods

For the HTML: Class Attribute , there is more useful methods.

see List/Add/Remove Class Attribute

HTML Attribute Properties

The following works with standard HTML attributes only, such as id, class, name, etc. (WARNING: do not work with generic XML attributes.)

HtmlElement.AttributeName

Return element's attribute's value, or undefined if it doesn't exist.

HtmlElement.AttributeName = value

Set a element's attribute. Return value. If AttributeName is not a standard html attribute, it's not added.

“style” Attribute

For the style attribute, you can use HTML Element properties.

Note, HTML Element properties may not work with XML, example: SVG's stroke. [see SVG: Specifying Styles]

node.style.CssAttribute

Return the attribute value, or undefined if it doesn't exist.

node.style.CssAttribute=value

Set css attribute. Return value. If attribute is not a standard css attribute, it's not added.

see Change CSS