November 2001
Intermediate to advanced
936 pages
68h 43m
English
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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
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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.