clearAttributes method
Removes all attributes and values from the object.
Syntax
object.clearAttributes()Parameters
This method has no parameters.
Return value
Type: HRESULT
If this method succeeds, it returns S_OK. Otherwise, it returns an HRESULT error code.
Standards information
There are no standards that apply here.
Remarks
The clearAttributes method clears only persistent HTML attributes. The ID attribute, styles, and script-only properties are not affected.
Examples
This example uses the clearAttributes method to remove user-defined attributes from an element.
Code example: http://samples.msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/samples/author/dhtml/refs/clearAttributes.htm
<script type="text/javascript"> function fnClear() { oSource.children[0].clearAttributes(); } </script> <span ID=oSource> <div id="oDiv" attribute1="true" attribute2="true" onclick="alert('click');" onmouseover="this.style.color='#0000FF';" onmouseout="this.style.color='#000000';" > This is a sample <b>DIV</b> element. </div> </span> <input type="button" value="Clear Attributes" onclick="fnClear()" >
See also
- a
- abbr
- acronym
- address
- applet
- area
- article
- aside
- b
- base
- baseFont
- bgSound
- big
- blockQuote
- body
- br
- button
- caption
- center
- cite
- code
- col
- colGroup
- comment
- custom
- dd
- del
- dfn
- dir
- div
- dl
- dt
- em
- embed
- fieldSet
- figcaption
- figure
- font
- footer
- form
- frame
- frameSet
- head
- header
- hgroup
- hn
- hr
- html
- i
- iframe
- img
- input type=button
- input type=checkbox
- input type=email
- input type=file
- input type=hidden
- input type=image
- input type=number
- input type=password
- input type=radio
- input type=range
- input type=reset
- input type=search
- input type=submit
- input type=tel
- input type=text
- input type=url
- ins
- isIndex
- kbd
- label
- legend
- li
- link
- listing
- map
- mark
- marquee
- menu
- nav
- nextID
- noBR
- noFrames
- noScript
- object
- ol
- option
- p
- plainText
- pre
- q
- rt
- ruby
- s
- samp
- script
- section
- select
- small
- span
- strike
- strong
- style
- sub
- sup
- table
- tBody
- td
- textArea
- tFoot
- th
- tHead
- title
- tr
- tt
- u
- ul
- var
- wbr
- xml
- xmp
- Reference
- mergeAttributes
- Conceptual
- About the W3C Document Object Model