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domref



attributes


Returns an array of attributes on the given element.

Syntax

attributes = elementNode.attributes
 

Parameters

attributes is a namedNodeMap of attributes on the current element.

Example

// get the first <p> element in the document
 
para = document.getElementsByTag("p")[0];
 
atts = para.attributes;
 

Notes

The array returned by this property is a namedNodeMap, a list of objects rather than strings. The name and value of the attribute objects are accessible as separate properties, as in the following complete example, which retrieves the name/value pair of the first attribute of the "p1" paragraph in the document:

<html>
 
<head>
 
<script>
 
function showA() {
 
	p = document.getElementById("p1");
 
	t = document.getElementById("t");
 
	t.setAttribute("value", 
 
		p.attributes[0].name + "->" + p.attributes[0].value);
 
}
 
</script>
 
</head>
 

 
<p id="p1" style="color: blue;">Sample Paragraph</p>
 
<form>
 
<input type="button" value="show" onclick="showA()" />
 
<input id="t" type="text" value="" />
 
</form>
 
</html>
 

Specification

attribute
 


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