hasAttributeNS
returns a boolean value indicating whether the current element has the specified attribute.
Syntax
result = element.hasAttributeNS(namespace,localName)
result
is the boolean valuetrue
orfalse
.namespace
is a string specifying the namespace of the attribute.localName
is the name of the attribute.
Example
// Check that the attribute exists before you set a value var d = document.getElementById("div1"); if (d.hasAttributeNS( "http://www.mozilla.org/ns/specialspace/", "special-align")) { d.setAttribute("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)
|
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setAttribute (DOM 1)
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setAttributeNS
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setAttributeNode
|
setAttributeNodeNS
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getAttribute (DOM 1)
|
getAttributeNS
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getAttributeNode
|
getAttributeNodeNS
|
hasAttribute (DOM 2)
|
hasAttributeNS
|
- | - |
removeAttribute (DOM 1)
|
removeAttributeNS
|
removeAttributeNode
|
- |
Specifications
Specification | Status | Comment |
---|---|---|
DOMThe definition of 'document.hasAttributeNS' 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.
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hasAttributeNS
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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.hasAttributeNS() by Mozilla Contributors is licensed under CC-BY-SA 2.5.