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Hi,

I have written some DOM code to create a table but .setAttribute( "style",
....) and .setAttribute( "class", ...) are not working on IE where they _do_
work on both FF and Opera.

I am using 4.01 transitional.

Could someone give me the lowdown on this and give me an explanation please


I can post a link to a whittled down example if really required.

Aaron

Aaron Gray said the following on 12/14/2006 10:59 PM:
> Hi,
>
> I have written some DOM code to create a table but .setAttribute( "style",
> ...) and .setAttribute( "class", ...) are not working on IE where they _do_
> work on both FF and Opera.
>
> I am using 4.01 transitional.
>
> Could someone give me the lowdown on this and give me an explanation please
>

tableRef.style.property
tableRef.className

IE doesn't like setAttribute

--
Randy
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No I am refering to DOM. e.g.

var tr = document.createElement("tr");
var td = document.createElement("td");
tr.appendChild(td);

tr.setAttribute( "style", "font-sizex-small");
thead.appendChild(tr);

The setAttribute only works on FF and Opera not IE.

Aaron

"Randy Webb" <> wrote in message
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> Aaron Gray said the following on 12/14/2006 10:59 PM:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have written some DOM code to create a table but .setAttribute(
>> "style", ...) and .setAttribute( "class", ...) are not working on IE
>> where they _do_ work on both FF and Opera.
>>
>> I am using 4.01 transitional.
>>
>> Could someone give me the lowdown on this and give me an explanation
>> please
>
> tableRef.style.property
> tableRef.className
>
> IE doesn't like setAttribute
>
> --
> Randy
> Chance Favors The Prepared Mind
> comp.lang.javascript FAQ - http://jibbering.com/faq
> Javascript Best Practices -
> http://www.JavascriptToolbox.com/bestpractices/

Aaron Gray wrote:
> No I am refering to DOM. e.g.
>
> var tr = document.createElement("tr");
> var td = document.createElement("td");
> tr.appendChild(td);
>
> tr.setAttribute( "style", "font-sizex-small");
> thead.appendChild(tr);

See my answer at
<http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.javascript/msg/f9a11b90f45d2a3a>

Stop patchning attribute nodes in the document tree instead of
scripting DOM (which is what you want as I can tell).

tr.style.fontSize = 'xx-small';

> tr.style.fontSize = 'xx-small';

Nice, thanks alot, thats sorted that onr out at last.

Aaron