Returns the specified attribute of the specified element, as an Attr
node.
Syntax
var attrNode = element.getAttributeNode(attrName);
attrNode
is anAttr
node for the attribute.attrName
is a string containing the name of the attribute.
Example
// html: <div id="top" />
let t = document.getElementById("top");
let idAttr = t.getAttributeNode("id");
alert(idAttr.value == "top")
Notes
When called on an HTML element in a DOM flagged as an HTML document, getAttributeNode
lower-cases its argument before proceeding.
The Attr
node inherits from Node
, but is not considered a part of the document tree. Common Node
attributes like parentNode, previousSibling, and nextSibling are null
for an Attr
node. You can, however, get the element to which the attribute belongs with the ownerElement
property.
getAttribute is usually used instead of getAttributeNode
to get the value of an element's attribute.
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
|
- |
Specifications
Specification | Status | Comment |
DOMThe definition of 'getAttributeNode()' in that specification. | Living Standard |
Browser compatibility
The compatibility table on this page is generated from structured data. If you'd like to contribute to the data, please check out https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data and send us a pull request.
Update compatibility data on GitHub
Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
getAttributeNode
|
Chrome
Full support Yes |
Edge
Full support 12 |
Firefox
Full support Yes |
IE
Full support Yes |
Opera
Full support Yes |
Safari
Full support 6 |
WebView Android
Full support Yes |
Chrome Android
Full support Yes |
Firefox Android
Full support Yes |
Opera Android
Full support Yes |
Safari iOS
Full support Yes |
Samsung Internet Android
Full support Yes |
Legend
- Full support
- Full support
Element.getAttributeNode() by Mozilla Contributors is licensed under CC-BY-SA 2.5.