Javascript: setAttribute() v.s. element.attribute = value to set “name” attribute

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My guess (because you didn’t specify the element type) is the element normally does not have a name attribute, so setting the DOM property like that won’t work.

For example, setting the name property on an input element will work. Setting it on a div will not.

It will work, however, with setAttribute().

jsFiddle.

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