Make .attr(name, null) equivalent to removeAttr(name). (Was roughly this before ...

[jquery.git] / src / attributes.js

diff --git a/src/attributes.js b/src/attributes.js
index cb9f2cf..ec4841b 100644 (file)
--- a/src/attributes.js
+++ b/src/attributes.js
@@ -295,7 +295,14 @@ jQuery.extend({
                                                jQuery.error( "type property can't be changed" );
                                        }
 
-                                       elem[ name ] = value;
+                                       if ( value === null ) {
+                                               if ( elem.nodeType === 1 ) {
+                                                       elem.removeAttribute( name );
+                                               }
+
+                                       } else {
+                                               elem[ name ] = value;
+                                       }
                                }
 
                                // browsers index elements by id/name on forms, give priority to attributes.