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#6341 closed bug (fixed)

Opened March 24, 2010 02:46AM UTC

Closed September 28, 2010 09:57PM UTC

$.attr(name, null) is inconsistent across browsers

Reported by: DouglasMeyer Owned by:
Priority: undecided Milestone: 1.4.3
Component: attributes Version: 1.4.2
Keywords: null Cc:
Blocked by: Blocking:
Description

Running $(...).attr(name, null) is inconsistent across browsers.

From what I can tell, most browsers (firefox/chrome) will remove the attribute; while ie (8) will set it to "null". For me this wasn't expected behavior, I expected the attribute to be removed (same as removeAttr).

#3058 was rejected because it was proposed as an enhancement (and the underlying bug wasn't apparent).

In #2548 flesler says passing null should be a setting (not getting) operation, but doesn't divulge what the attribute should be set to.

I'll get a diff soon.

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Change History (2)

Changed August 21, 2010 01:00PM UTC by dmethvin comment:1

I like the idea, it would allow adding and removing attributes with an object. The patch only implements this behavior for non-xml documents and attributes with matching DOM0 properties, I think it should apply more broadly.

Changed September 28, 2010 09:57PM UTC by john comment:2

priority: → undecided
resolution: → fixed
status: newclosed