attribute Object

Represents an attribute or property of an HTML element as an object.

Members Table

Attribute	Property	Description
	expando	Sets or retrieves a value indicating whether arbitrary variables can be created within the object.
	firstChild	Retrieves a reference to the first child in the childNodes collection of the object.
	lastChild	Retrieves a reference to the last child in the childNodes collection of an object.
NAME	name	Sets or retrieves the name of the object.
	nextSibling	Retrieves a reference to the next child of the parent for the object.
	nodeName	Retrieves the name of a particular type of node.
	nodeType	Retrieves the type of the requested node.
	nodeValue	Sets or retrieves the value of a node.
	ownerDocument	Sets or retrieves the document object associated with the node.
	parentNode	Retrieves the parent object in the document hierarchy.
	previousSibling	Retrieves a reference to the previous child of the parent for the object.
	specified	Retrieves whether an attribute has been specified.
	value	Sets or retrieves the value of the object.

Collection	Description
attributes	Retrieves a collection of attributes of the object.
childNodes	Retrieves a collection of HTML Elements and TextNode objects that are direct descendants of the specified object.

Method	Description
appendChild	Appends an element as a child to the object.
cloneNode	Copies a reference to the object from the document hierarchy.
hasChildNodes	Returns a value that indicates whether the object has children.
insertBefore	Inserts an element into the document hierarchy as a child node of a parent object.
removeChild	Removes a child node from the object.
replaceChild	Replaces an existing child element with a new child element.

Remarks

The attribute object is accessible through the attributes collection.

A valid attribute or property can be any Dynamic HTML (DHTML) property or event that applies to the object, or an expando.

This object is available in script as of Internet Explorer 5.

Example

This example uses the attribute object to create a list of attributes that are specified.

<SCRIPT>
function fnFind(){
   for(var i=0;i<oList.attributes.length;i++){
      if(oList.attributes[i].specified){
         alert(oList.attributes[i].nodeName + " = "
          + oList.attributes[i].nodeValue);
      }
   }
}
</SCRIPT>

<UL onclick="fnFind()">
<LI ID = "oList" ACCESSKEY = "L">List Item 1
</UL>

Standards Information

There is no public standard that applies to this object.

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