The getAttribute() method will return "null" in Internet Explorer when trying to get the for attribute of a label element.
Solution: use attributes['for'].nodeValue.
Test page Workaround is included
Reported by: Laurent Muchacho.
Explorer 5-6 Windows, Explorer 7 | Reported on 22 March 2007.
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2 Posted by Wiktor on 22 March 2007 | Permalink
AFAIK getAttribute("htmlFor") works for IE.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/author/dhtml/reference/properties/htmlfor_0.asp
3 Posted by Tino Zijdel on 23 March 2007 | Permalink
It is well-known that IE wants to have the javascript-alternative when using get/setAttribute. That includes 'for' (htmlFor) and 'class' (className).
If you need a crossbrowser solution for this than just use the 'old' method: element.htmlFor = 'foo'
1 Posted by Simon on 22 March 2007 | Permalink
But the work around doesn't work for safari! So I guess making a function to get the attribute and test for the result before passing it back.
var Element = {
getAttribute: function(element, value){
if(element.getAttribute(value)){
return element.getAttribute(value);
}else{
return element. attributes[value];
}
}
};
Obviously a better version can be written (this is just an example written in this text box)...