Thanks, Bjoern - I can't believe I've gone this long with this misconception!
--- In [email protected], Bjoern Hoehrmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > * simonshutter wrote: > >I am traversing a list of group <g> elements where some have the > >transform attribute and others don't. What is the best cross- browser > >test for the existence of an attribute? > > .hasAttributeNS(null, 'name'), or with the namespace name specified > if you want to check for e.g. XLink attributes or xml:lang. > > >When I use getAttribute('transform') in Opera 9 or FF2 and the > >attribute doesn't exist, these browsers return null and typeof=object. > >In IE(7) I get an empty value with typeof=string with length=0. > > The correct behavior is to return an empty string, it is not possible > to use the getAttributeNS() family of methods to check for existance. > -- > Björn Höhrmann · mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] · http://bjoern.hoehrmann.de > Weinh. Str. 22 · Telefon: +49(0)621/4309674 · http://www.bjoernsworld.de > 68309 Mannheim · PGP Pub. KeyID: 0xA4357E78 · http://www.websitedev.de/ > ----- To unsubscribe send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -or- visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers and click "edit my membership" ---- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
