This type represents a DOM element's attribute as an object. In most DOM methods, you will probably directly retrieve the attribute as a string (e.g., Element.getAttribute(), but certain functions (e.g., Element.getAttributeNode()) or means of iterating give Attr types.

Warning: In DOM Core 1, 2 and 3, Attr inherited from Node. This is no longer the case in DOM4. In order to bring the implementation of Attr up to specification, work is underway to change it to no longer inherit from Node. You should not be using any Node properties or methods on Attr objects. Starting in Gecko 7.0 (Firefox 7.0 / Thunderbird 7.0 / SeaMonkey 2.4), the ones that are going to be removed output warning messages to the console. You should revise your code accordingly. See Deprecated properties and methods for a complete list.

Properties

isId
Indicates whether the attribute is an "ID attribute". An "ID attribute" being an attribute which value is expected to be unique across a DOM Document. In HTML DOM, "id" is the only ID attribute, but XML documents could define others. Whether or not an attribute is unique is often determined by a DTD or other schema description.
name
The attribute's name.
ownerElement Deprecated since Gecko 7.0 Obsolete since Gecko 29.0
This property has been removed from Firefox 29. Since you can only get Attr objects from elements, you should already know the owner.
Contrary to above claim, Document.evaluate can return Attr objects from an XPath, in which case you would not easily know the owner.
schemaTypeInfo
?
specified
This property always returns true. Originally, it returned true if the attribute was explicitly specified in the source code or by a script, and false if its value came from the default one defined in the document's DTD.
value
The attribute's value.

Deprecated properties and methods

The following properties have been deprecated. Where available, the appropriate replacement is provided.

attributes
This property now always returns NULL.
childNodes
This property now always returns NULL.
firstChild
This property now always returns NULL.
lastChild
This property now always returns NULL.
nextSibling
This property now always returns NULL.
nodeName
Use Attr.name instead.
nodeType
This property now always returns 2 (ATTRIBUTE_NODE).
nodeValue
Use Attr.value instead.
ownerDocument
You shouldn't have been using this in the first place, so you probably don't care that this is going away.
ownerElement
Since you get an Attr object from an Element, you should already know the associated element.
parentNode
This property now always returns NULL.
previousSibling
This property now always returns NULL.
specified
This property now always returns true.
textContent
Use Attr.value instead.

The following methods have been deprecated:

appendChild()
Modify the value of Attr.value instead.
cloneNode()
You shouldn't have been using this in the first place, so you probably don't care that this is going away.
createAttribute()
Use Element.setAttribute() instead.
createAttributeNS()
Use Element.setAttributeNS() instead.
getAttributeNode()
Use Element.getAttribute() instead.
getAttributeNodeNS()
Use Element.getAttributeNS() instead.
hasAttributes() Obsolete since Gecko 21.0
This method now always returns false.
hasChildNodes()
This method now always returns false.
insertBefore()
Modify the value of Attr.value instead.
isSupported()
You shouldn't have been using this in the first place, so you probably don't care that this is going away.
isEqualNode()
You shouldn't have been using this in the first place, so you probably don't care that this is going away.
normalize()
You shouldn't have been using this in the first place, so you probably don't care that this is going away.
removeAttributeNode()
Use Element.removeAttribute() instead.
removeChild()
Modify the value of Attr.value instead.
replaceChild()
Modify the value of Attr.value instead.
setAttributeNode()
Use Element.setAttribute() instead.
setAttributeNodeNS()
Use Element.setAttributeNS() instead.

Specifications

Specification Status Comment
DOM4
The definition of 'Attr' in that specification.		 Working Draft  
Document Object Model (DOM) Level 3 Core Specification
The definition of 'Attr' in that specification.		 Recommendation Initial definition

Browser compatibility

Feature Chrome Firefox (Gecko) Internet Explorer Opera Safari
Basic support (Yes) [1] (Yes) (Yes) (Yes) (Yes)
Feature Android Android Webview Firefox Mobile (Gecko) IE Mobile Opera Mobile Safari Mobile Chrome for Android
Basic support (Yes) (Yes) [1] (Yes) (Yes) (Yes) (Yes) (Yes) [1]

[1] As of Chrome 45, this property no longer inherits from Node.

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