[whatwg] Value attribute
Matthew Raymond
mattraymond at earthlink.net
Thu Feb 24 04:27:21 PST 2005
Olav Junker Kjær wrote:
[Snip!]
> Think of it as currentValue and defaultValue. Both exists in the DOM,
> but only defaultValue is represented in the HTML source. The confusing
> part is that in HTML defaultValue is called "value", while in the DOM it
> is currentValue that is called "value".
>
> Anyway, editing the value of an input field does change the DOM "value"
> attribute, but does not change the "value" content attribute in the
> underlying HTML.
In general, if you set a DOM property, it won't set the actual
attribute in markup. In order to change the markup, I think you have to
use the setAttribute method. However, I believe that the setAttribute
method does change the DOM property.
Internet Explorer, as I understand, completely ignores this and
always makes a property and the corresponding attribute the same. In
other words, IE is aspec.
More information about the whatwg
mailing list