Question

How do I copy the attributes of one element to another element?

HTML

<select id="foo" class="bar baz" style="display:block" width="100" data-foo="bar">...</select>

<div>No attributes yet</div>

JavaScript

var $div = $('div');
var $select = $('select');

//now copy the attributes from $select to $div

Answer 1

You can use the native Node#attributes property: http://jsfiddle.net/SDWHN/16/.

var $select = $("select");
var $div = $("div");

var attributes = $select.prop("attributes");

// loop through <select> attributes and apply them on <div>
$.each(attributes, function() {
    $div.attr(this.name, this.value);
});

alert($div.data("foo"));