attributes

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
 

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

<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>

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