Name
Element.removeAttribute( ): delete a named attribute of an element â DOM Level 1 Core:
Synopsis
void removeAttribute(Stringname);Arguments
-
name The name of the attribute to be deleted.
Throws
This method may throw a DOMException with a code of NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR if this
element is read-only and does not allow its attributes to be
removed.
Description
removeAttribute( ) deletes
a named attribute from this element. If the named attribute has a
default value specified by the document type, subsequent calls to
getAttribute( ) return that
default value. Attempts to remove nonexistent attributes or
attributes that are not specified but have a default value are
silently ignored.
See Also
Element.getAttribute( ),
Element.setAttribute( ), Node
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