Element.hasAttributeNS()

hasAttributeNS returns a boolean value indicating whether the current element has the specified attribute.

Syntax

result = element.hasAttributeNS(namespace,localName)
  • result is the boolean value true or false.
  • namespace is a string specifying the namespace of the attribute.
  • localName is the name of the attribute.

Example

// Check that the attribute exists before you set a value
var d = document.getElementById("div1");
if (d.hasAttributeNS(
       "http://www.mozilla.org/ns/specialspace/",
       "special-align")) {
  d.setAttribute("align", "center");
}

Notes

DOM methods dealing with element's attributes:

Not namespace-aware, most commonly used methods Namespace-aware variants (DOM Level 2) DOM Level 1 methods for dealing with Attr nodes directly (seldom used) DOM Level 2 namespace-aware methods for dealing with Attr nodes directly (seldom used)
setAttribute (DOM 1) setAttributeNS setAttributeNode setAttributeNodeNS
getAttribute (DOM 1) getAttributeNS getAttributeNode getAttributeNodeNS
hasAttribute (DOM 2) hasAttributeNS - -
removeAttribute (DOM 1) removeAttributeNS removeAttributeNode -

Specifications

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Internet Explorer Opera Safari WebView Android Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet
hasAttributeNS
1
12
1
9
≤12.1
1
1
18
4
≤12.1
1
1.0

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Element/hasAttributeNS