Couldn't you do:
if(!!$(ele).attr('disabled')) {
//stuff
}
-- dz
On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 1:15 PM, William Chang<diehardb...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hey Matt,
> I understand now. Thanks!
>
> So, how do you avoid using attr() when you need to check for an
> attribute in the element? And, getting the value from an attribute?
>
> Sincerely,
> William Chang
> http://www.williamchang.org
> http://www.babybluebox.com
>
> On Aug 27, 12:24 pm, Matt Kruse <m...@thekrusefamily.com> wrote:
>> On Aug 27, 11:16 am, William Chang <diehardb...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > I don't think the attribute is defined by default, after I did some
>> > more testing. I find the value return is not consistent between
>> > Firefox and IE8 (and probably previous versions of Microsoft Internet
>> > Explorer).
>>
>> First of all, the attr() function has had problems for a long time.
>> Don't use it.
>>
>> Properties and attributes are different things, and jQuery confuses
>> the two in unpredictable ways. Although you are requesting the
>> attribute value, it really returns the property value. Read through
>> the source of attr() and it becomes pretty clear what is happening.
>>
>> The difference you are seeing is due to the (name in elem) check. IE
>> is returning true, causing the property [false] to be returned. FF is
>> returning false, causing getAttribute() to be called, which returns
>> null, which gets "normalized" to undefined.
>>
>> Depending on what type of element you are calling this on, the results
>> may be the same (input, for example), or different (img, for example).
>>
>> It's always best to avoid using attr() because of it's poor
>> implementation. IMO.
>>
>> Matt Kruse
> >
>
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