24150 2013-12-21 05:50:52 +0000 "createAttribute" "setAttributeNode" have no complete alternative 2013-12-22 22:38:10 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified WebAppsWG DOM unspecified Macintosh All RESOLVED WORKSFORME P2 minor --- 1 punosun annevk bzbarsky mike Ms2ger www-dom public-webapps-bugzilla oldest_to_newest 97833 0 punosun 2013-12-21 05:50:52 +0000 http://dom.spec.whatwg.org/#dom-document-createattribute [[ createAttribute ]] http://dom.spec.whatwg.org/#dom-element-setattributenode [[ setAttributeNode ]] There is no alternate method provided for setting an attribute with no value. For example, the only way to set the checked, selected or disabled attribute with no value is with element.setAttributeNode( document.createAttribute( 'selected' ) ); The behavior is subtly different then setting the element property as element.selected = true; because the attribute persists when a form is reset. 97834 1 bzbarsky 2013-12-21 06:06:53 +0000 What's wrong with setAttribute("selected", "")? 97836 2 Ms2ger 2013-12-21 07:57:15 +0000 Nothing. 97845 3 annevk 2013-12-22 22:38:10 +0000 The property for selected="" is defaultSelected, not selected.