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<div class="ui-page">
<div class="ui-header">
<h1>.attr()</h1>
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<fieldset class="toc">
<legend>Contents:</legend>
<ul class="toc-list">
<li>
<a href="#attr1">attr( attributeName ) </a><ul><li>.attr( attributeName )
</li></ul>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#attr2">attr( attributeName, value ) </a><ul>
<li>.attr( attributeName, value )
</li>
<li>.attr( map )
</li>
<li>.attr( attributeName, function(index, attr) )
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</fieldset>
<div class="entry method" id="attr1">
<h2 class="jq-clearfix roundTop section-title">
<span class="name">.attr( attributeName )</span> <span class="returns">Returns: <a class="return" href="http://docs.jquery.com/Types#String">String</a></span>
</h2>
<div class=" entry-details">
<p class="desc"><strong>Description: </strong>Get the value of an attribute for the first element in the set of matched elements.</p>
<ul class="signatures"><li class="signature" id="attr-attributeName">
<h4 class="name">
<span class="versionAdded">version added: <a href="/category/version/1.0/">1.0</a></span>.attr( attributeName )</h4>
<p class="arguement"><strong>attributeName</strong>The name of the attribute to get.</p>
</li></ul>
<div class="longdesc">
<p>It's important to note that the <code>.attr()</code> method gets the attribute value for only the <em>first</em> element in the matched set. To get the value for each element individually, we need to rely on a looping construct such as jQuery's <code>.each()</code> method.</p>
<p>Using jQuery's <code>.attr()</code> method to get the value of an element's attribute has two main benefits:</p>
<ol>
<li>
<strong>Convenience</strong>: It can be called directly on a jQuery object and chained to other jQuery methods.</li>
<li>
<strong>Cross-browser consistency</strong>: Some attributes have inconsistent naming from browser to browser. Furthermore, the values of some attributes are reported inconsistently across browsers, and even across versions of a single browser. The <code>.attr()</code> method reduces such inconsistencies. </li>
</ol>
</div>
<h3>Example:</h3>
<div id="entry-examples" class="entry-examples"><div id="example-0">
<h4><span class="desc">Finds the title attribute of the first &lt;em&gt; in the page.</span></h4>
<pre><code class="example demo-code">&lt;!DOCTYPE html&gt;
&lt;html&gt;
&lt;head&gt;
&lt;style&gt;em { color:blue; font-weight;bold; }
div { color:red; }&lt;/style&gt;
&lt;script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.js"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;
&lt;/head&gt;
&lt;body&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
Once there was a &lt;em title="huge, gigantic"&gt;large&lt;/em&gt; dinosaur...
&lt;/p&gt;
The title of the emphasis is:&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;script&gt;var title = $("em").attr("title");
$("div").text(title);
&lt;/script&gt;
&lt;/body&gt;
&lt;/html&gt;</code></pre>
<h4>Demo:</h4>
<div class="demo code-demo"></div>
</div></div>
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<div class="ui-content ui-body ui-body-c" id="attr2">
<h2 class="jq-clearfix roundTop section-title">
<span class="name">.attr( attributeName, value )</span> <span class="returns">Returns: <a class="return" href="http://docs.jquery.com/Types#jQuery">jQuery</a></span>
</h2>
<div class=" entry-details">
<p class="desc"><strong>Description: </strong>Set one or more attributes for the set of matched elements.</p>
<ul class="signatures">
<li class="signature" id="attr-attributeName-value">
<h4 class="name">
<span class="versionAdded">version added: <a href="/category/version/1.0/">1.0</a></span>.attr( attributeName, value )</h4>
<p class="arguement"><strong>attributeName</strong>The name of the attribute to set.</p>
<p class="arguement"><strong>value</strong>A value to set for the attribute.</p>
</li>
<li class="signature" id="attr-map">
<h4 class="name">
<span class="versionAdded">version added: <a href="/category/version/1.0/">1.0</a></span>.attr( map )</h4>
<p class="arguement"><strong>map</strong>A map of attribute-value pairs to set.</p>
</li>
<li class="signature" id="attr-attributeName-functionindex, attr">
<h4 class="name">
<span class="versionAdded">version added: <a href="/category/version/1.1/">1.1</a></span>.attr( attributeName, function(index, attr) )</h4>
<p class="arguement"><strong>attributeName</strong>The name of the attribute to set.</p>
<p class="arguement"><strong>function(index, attr)</strong>A function returning the value to set. <code>this</code> is the current element. Receives the index position of the element in the set and the old attribute value as arguments.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<div class="longdesc">
<p>The <code>.attr()</code> method is a convenient and powerful way to set the value of attributes—especially when setting multiple attributes or using values returned by a function. Let's consider the following image:</p>
<pre>&lt;img id="greatphoto" src="brush-seller.jpg" alt="brush seller" /&gt;</pre>
<h4>Setting a simple attribute</h4>
<p>We can change the <code>alt</code> attribute by simply passing the name of the attribute and its new value to the <code>.attr()</code> method:</p>
<pre>$('#greatphoto').attr('alt', 'Beijing Brush Seller');</pre>
<p>We can <em>add</em> an attribute the same way:</p>
<pre>$('#greatphoto')
.attr('title', 'Photo by Kelly Clark');</pre>
<h4>Setting several attributes at once</h4>
<p>To change the <code>alt</code> attribute and add the <code>title</code> attribute at the same time, we can pass both sets of names and values into the method at once using a map (JavaScript object literal). Each key-value pair in the map adds or modifies an attribute:</p>
<pre>$('#greatphoto').attr({
alt: 'Beijing Brush Seller',
title: 'photo by Kelly Clark'
});</pre>
<p>When setting multiple attributes, the quotes around attribute names are optional.</p>
<p><strong>WARNING</strong> When setting the 'class' attribute, you must always use quotes!</p>
<h4>Computed attribute values</h4>
<p>By using a function to set attributes, we can compute the value based on other properties of the element. For example, we could concatenate a new value with an existing value:</p>
<pre>$('#greatphoto').attr('title', function() {
return this.alt + ' - photo by Kelly Clark'
});</pre>
<p>This use of a function to compute attribute values can be particularly useful when we modify the attributes of multiple elements at once.</p>
</div>
<h3>Examples:</h3>
<div id="entry-examples" class="entry-examples">
<div id="example-0">
<h4>Example: <span class="desc">Set some attributes for all &lt;img&gt;s in the page.</span>
</h4>
<pre><code class="example demo-code">&lt;!DOCTYPE html&gt;
&lt;html&gt;
&lt;head&gt;
&lt;style&gt;
img { padding:10px; }
div { color:red; font-size:24px; }&lt;/style&gt;
&lt;script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.js"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;
&lt;/head&gt;
&lt;body&gt;
&lt;img /&gt;
&lt;img /&gt;
&lt;img /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;B&gt;Attribute of Ajax&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;script&gt;$("img").attr({
src: "/images/hat.gif",
title: "jQuery",
alt: "jQuery Logo"
});
$("div").text($("img").attr("alt"));&lt;/script&gt;
&lt;/body&gt;
&lt;/html&gt;</code></pre>
<h4>Demo:</h4>
<div class="demo code-demo"></div>
</div>
<div id="example-1">
<h4>Example: <span class="desc">Disables buttons greater than the 1st button.</span>
</h4>
<pre><code class="example demo-code">&lt;!DOCTYPE html&gt;
&lt;html&gt;
&lt;head&gt;
&lt;style&gt;button { margin:10px; }
&lt;/style&gt;
&lt;script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.js"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;
&lt;/head&gt;
&lt;body&gt;
&lt;button&gt;0th Button&lt;/button&gt;
&lt;button&gt;1st Button&lt;/button&gt;
&lt;button&gt;2nd Button&lt;/button&gt;
&lt;script&gt;$("button:gt(1)").attr("disabled","disabled");&lt;/script&gt;
&lt;/body&gt;
&lt;/html&gt;</code></pre>
<h4>Demo:</h4>
<div class="demo code-demo"></div>
</div>
<div id="example-2">
<h4>Example: <span class="desc">Sets id for divs based on the position in the page.</span>
</h4>
<pre><code class="example demo-code">&lt;!DOCTYPE html&gt;
&lt;html&gt;
&lt;head&gt;
&lt;style&gt;
div { color:blue; }
span { color:red; }
b { font-weight:bolder; }
&lt;/style&gt;
&lt;script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.js"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;
&lt;/head&gt;
&lt;body&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Zero-th &lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;First &lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Second &lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;script&gt;$("div").attr("id", function (arr) {
return "div-id" + arr;
})
.each(function () {
$("span", this).html("(ID = '&lt;b&gt;" + this.id + "&lt;/b&gt;')");
});&lt;/script&gt;
&lt;/body&gt;
&lt;/html&gt;</code></pre>
<h4>Demo:</h4>
<div class="demo code-demo"></div>
</div>
<div id="example-3">
<h4>Example: <span class="desc">Sets src attribute from title attribute on the image.</span>
</h4>
<pre><code class="example demo-code">&lt;!DOCTYPE html&gt;
&lt;html&gt;
&lt;head&gt;
&lt;script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.js"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;
&lt;/head&gt;
&lt;body&gt;
&lt;img title="hat.gif"/&gt;
&lt;script&gt;$("img").attr("src", function() {
return "/images/" + this.title;
});
&lt;/script&gt;
&lt;/body&gt;
&lt;/html&gt;</code></pre>
<h4>Demo:</h4>
<div class="demo code-demo"></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
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</body></html>