Question

I get an element by id, and I would like to know all attributes of the object.

I’ve using alerts for all this kind of stuff, is that the way its done in javascript? In AS3 or whatever, I would place a break point, and investigate the object in the variables panel.

Second, if that is the way its done, how can I show ALL attributes, if I don’t know what they are in advance, and show them in alert boxes? Using jquery 1.5. Thanks

Answer 1

If by “attributes”, you mean the “properties” of the DOM node, then use…

console.dir(element);

…in Chrome’s developer tools, or Firebug for Firefox.

This will allow you to expand the Object and fully inspect all of its properties, including the .attributes property.