$().attr does not work popperly with type

Reported by:	Licenser	Owned by:	flesler
Priority:	major	Milestone:	1.3
Component:	core	Version:	1.2.6
Keywords:	exception type input	Cc:	Licenser
Blocked by:		Blocking:

Description

When creating a new html element via $() using .attr() to set the type of the input causes a expection that type can't be changed.

var checkbox = $('<input/>');
checkbox.attr('type', 'checkbox'); // => exception

a workaround is:

var checkbox = $('<input type="checkbox"/>');

Attachments (3)

3255.html (0.5 KB) - added by nathanhammond August 15, 2008 09:17PM UTC.

Test Case
clean[5831].diff (0.3 KB) - added by flesler August 19, 2008 12:00PM UTC.

For some reason it makes a test fail.. but seems like a feasible solution
clean[5831].v2.diff (1.0 KB) - added by flesler August 19, 2008 12:06PM UTC.

Alternate solution, no test fail, don't ask why!!!

Change History (4)

Changed August 15, 2008 08:49PM UTC by nathanhammon comment:1

The fix for this will probably appear in jQuery.clean(). Once appending the HTML string to that temporary div, parentNode will no longer return undefined and the throw will be executed:

if ( name == "type" && jQuery.nodeName( elem, "input" ) && elem.parentNode ) {
    throw "type property can't be changed";

Changed August 16, 2008 03:06AM UTC by flesler comment:2

owner:	→ flesler
status:	new → assigned

Changed December 25, 2008 07:48PM UTC by flesler comment:3

cc:	→ Licenser
resolution:	→ fixed
status:	assigned → closed

Fixed at [5999].

Changed January 03, 2009 12:51AM UTC by john comment:4

Landed a comprehensive fix in [6026].

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