Attribute type of "multiple" in chrome/safari/firefox

[assertfail]

For instance if you have an input with id "someid" with a custom attribute "multiple" that has the value "True", then the following evaluates to true: (typeof $("#someid").attr("istrue"))==="boolean" in chrome.

[assertfail]

A file that helps demonstrating the inconsistancy

[dmethvin]

Repro in Firefox 3.6, Chrome 5 and Safari 5, but not IE 8. jQuery is not causing this, it's present in the native DOM. I think what is happening is that since multiple is a boolean property of the select element, there is some common DOM code in the browser that is processing this attribute for input elements as well.

It's always a very good idea to avoid any names that are used by DOM elements, see ​http://yura.thinkweb2.com/domlint/ for some examples.

I'll leave this open for the moment but I'm not sure there's anything jQuery can/should do about it.

[Rick Waldron]

Confirmed;

Expect: ["True", "string"], ["False", "string"]

IE:     ["True", "string"], ["False", "string"]
Opera:  ["True", "string"], ["False", "string"]

Chrome: [ true, "boolean"], ["False", "string"]
FF:     [ true, "boolean"], ["False", "string"]
Safari: [ true, "boolean"], ["False", "string"]

​http://jsfiddle.net/rwaldron/fjXFw/4/

[Rick Waldron]

multiple="True" is not a valid attribute on input type="text", nor is true a valid value for this attribute.

[Rick Waldron]

​http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/the-input-element.html#input-type-attr-summary

thanks miketaylr

[john]

There wasn't a 1.4.5 release, was actually 1.5.

[john]

There was no 1.4.5 release, was actually 1.5.