constructor new Element
new Element(tagName[, attributes])
-
tagName
(String
) – The name of the HTML element to create. -
attributes
(Object
) – An optional group of attribute/value pairs to set on the element.
Creates an HTML element with tagName
as the tag name, optionally with the
given attributes. This can be markedly more concise than working directly
with the DOM methods, and takes advantage of Prototype's workarounds for
various browser issues with certain attributes:
Example
// The old way:
var a = document.createElement('a');
a.setAttribute('class', 'foo');
a.setAttribute('href', '/foo.html');
a.appendChild(document.createTextNode("Next page"));
// The new way:
var a = new Element('a', {'class': 'foo', href: '/foo.html'}).update("Next page");