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JavaScript: The Definitive Guide, Fourth Edition
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JavaScript: The Definitive Guide, Fourth Edition

by David Flanagan
November 2001
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
936 pages
68h 43m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Name

Element.removeAttribute( ) — delete a named attribute of an element

Availability

DOM Level 1 Core

Synopsis

void removeAttribute(String name);

Arguments

name

The name of the attribute to be deleted.

Throws

This method may throw a DOMException with a code of NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR if this element is read-only and does not allow its attributes to be removed.

Description

removeAttribute( ) deletes a named attribute from this element. If the named attribute has a default value specified by the document type, subsequent calls to getAttribute( ) will return that default value. Attempts to remove nonexistent attributes or attributes that are not specified but have a default value are silently ignored.

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Publisher Resources

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