Setting type attribute of input in IE8

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Dynamically creating elements and then setting the type throws an error in IE7 and IE8 but not in other supported browsers.

var el = $('<input/>'); 
el.attr('type', 'text'); // throws an error

Tested in 1.11.0, 1.10.1, and 1.9.1 with the same results.

[dmethvin]

Yes, and we cannot fix that because the browser just doesn't allow it. Until jQuery 1.9 we used to throw an error on *all* browsers to make them equally dumb, but decided that was a bad idea.

[dmethvin]

​http://jquery.com/upgrade-guide/1.9/#quot-input-quot-attr-quot-type-quot-newvalue-in-oldie

[scottgonzalez]

There's also a note on ​http://api.jquery.com/attr/ about this.

[dmethvin]

C'mon, *nobody* reads the docs page. Can you provide an authoritative link to StackOverflow?