- From: Garrett Smith <dhtmlkitchen@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2008 18:02:01 -0700
On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 5:45 PM, Garrett Smith <dhtmlkitchen at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 5:11 PM, Maciej Stachowiak <mjs at apple.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Oct 1, 2008, at 10:27 AM, Aaron Boodman wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 10:05 AM, Kristof Zelechovski
>>> <giecrilj at stegny.2a.pl> wrote:
>>>>
>
> Other INPUT attributes work don't reflect.
>
(Other INPUT attributes don't reflect.)
Please bear with my typos and grammatical errors (mostly caused by editing).
> Currently, input.setAttribute('placeholder', 'foo'), does update the
> visual placeholder text. This is different than say the "value"
> property of an input, which can be set, but won't change the attribute
> value:
>
That's actually a poor comparison: setAttribute('placeholder', 'new')
to getAttribute('value');
Doesn't really prove anything. Setting attributes may or may not have
the desired side effects depending on the browser (the example below
shows this to be true).
http://asymptotia.com/wp-images/2008/02/knut_polar_bear_cub.jpg
Garrett
>
> Garrett
>
>> Regards,
>> Maciej
>>
>>
>
Received on Wednesday, 1 October 2008 18:02:01 UTC