Changing the type of an input field

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Setting the type attribute of an input element to button via setAttribute('type', 'button') does not work in Internet Explorer 6 or Opera 8.51. The bug is fixed in Opera 9 technology preview 1.

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Reported by: Stijn Peeters.

Explorer 5-6 Windows, Explorer 7 beta 2, Explorer Mac, Opera | Reported on 2 January 2006.

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Posted by Stijn Peeters on 4 January 2006

1

I noticed clicking an input field which was changed from [something] to "button" actually crashes Opera 8.52 :-/

Posted by Tom on 8 February 2006

2

I have posted a more robust workaround at http://alt-tag.com/blog/archives/2006/02/ie-dom-bugs/

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