Removes all attributes and values from the object.

Syntax

object.clearAttributes()

Return Value

No return value.

Remarks

The clearAttributes method clears only persistent HTML attributes. The ID attribute, styles, and script-only properties are not affected.

Example

This example uses the clearAttributes method to remove user-defined attributes from an element.

<SCRIPT>
function fnClear(){
oSource.children[0].clearAttributes();
}
</SCRIPT>
<SPAN ID=oSource>
<DIV
ID="oDiv"
ATTRIBUTE1="true"
ATTRIBUTE2="true"
onclick="alert('click');"
onmouseover="this.style.color='#0000FF';"
onmouseout="this.style.color='#000000';"
>
This is a sample <b>DIV</b> element.
</DIV>
</SPAN>
<INPUT
TYPE="button"
VALUE="Clear Attributes"
onclick="fnClear()"
>

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Standards Information

There is no public standard that applies to this method.

Applies To

A, ACRONYM, ADDRESS, APPLET, AREA, B, BASE, BASEFONT, BDO, BGSOUND, BIG, BLOCKQUOTE, BODY, BR, BUTTON, CAPTION, CENTER, CITE, CODE, COL, COLGROUP, COMMENT, CUSTOM, DD, DEL, DFN, DIR, DIV, DL, DT, EM, EMBED, FIELDSET, FONT, FORM, FRAME, FRAMESET, HEAD, hn, HR, HTML, I, IFRAME, IMG, INPUT type=button, INPUT type=checkbox, INPUT type=file, INPUT type=hidden, INPUT type=image, INPUT type=password, INPUT type=radio, INPUT type=reset, INPUT type=submit, INPUT type=text, INS, KBD, LABEL, LEGEND, LI, LINK, LISTING, MAP, MARQUEE, MENU, nextID, OBJECT, OL, OPTION, P, PLAINTEXT, PRE, Q, S, SAMP, SCRIPT, SELECT, SMALL, SPAN, STRIKE, STRONG, SUB, SUP, TABLE, TBODY, TD, TEXTAREA, TFOOT, TH, THEAD, TITLE, TR, TT, U, UL, VAR, XMP

See Also

mergeAttributes, About the W3C Document Object Model