Simon Pieters [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >I understand that IE works this way internally, but this behavior -- that >all attributes are reflected by DOM attributes and that any DOM attributes >(or JS properties) on elements also turn into real attributes -- is not >backed up by any DOM spec, and Opera, Safari and Firefox don't do this. In >those browsers, unknown attributes are only accessible with >getAttribute(), and saying elm.foobar = 'x' just creates a JS property >"foobar" without adding/changing the "foobar" attribute on the element.
IIRC, this does not necessarily happen with unknown attributes - only with known attributes. If it's a known attribute, it gets reflected into the DOM with camelCasing. If it's an unknown/unrecognized attribute, it is only accessible via getAttribute(). -Chris
