Element.setAttributeNS()
setAttributeNS
adds a new attribute or changes the value of an attribute with the given namespace and name.
Syntax
JavaScript
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element.setAttributeNS( namespace, name, value)
namespace
is a string specifying the namespace of the attribute.name
is a string identifying the attribute to be set.value
is the desired string value of the new attribute.
Example
JavaScript
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var d = document.getElementById("d1"); d.setAttributeNS("http://www.mozilla.org/ns/specialspace", "align", "center");
Notes
DOM methods dealing with element's attributes:
Not namespace-aware, most commonly used methods | Namespace-aware variants (DOM Level 2) | DOM Level 1 methods for dealing with Attr nodes directly (seldom used) |
DOM Level 2 namespace-aware methods for dealing with Attr nodes directly (seldom used) |
---|---|---|---|
setAttribute (DOM 1) |
setAttributeNS |
setAttributeNode |
setAttributeNodeNS |
getAttribute (DOM 1) |
getAttributeNS |
getAttributeNode |
getAttributeNodeNS |
hasAttribute (DOM 2) |
hasAttributeNS |
- | - |
removeAttribute (DOM 1) |
removeAttributeNS |
removeAttributeNode |
- |
Specification
DOM Level 2 Core: setAttributeNS
License
© 2016 Mozilla Contributors
Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License v2.5 or later.
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-us/docs/web/api/element/setattributens