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JavaScript jQuery Basics (2014) Creating a Password Confirmation Form Perfect

Tony Brackins
Tony Brackins
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Posted by Tony Brackins
Tony Brackins
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prop()

I'm having a problem understanding properties in HTML.

We have input element:

<input id="confirm_password" name="confirm_password" type="password">

What's the attributes vs properties of this input?

Thx

2 Answers

geoffrey
geoffrey
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geoffrey
geoffrey
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For me attributes are properties of HTML elements...

If we check the JQuery documentation for the prop() method it says:

Get the value of a property for the first element in the set of matched elements or set one or more properties for every matched element.

With it, an example is given:

-HTML

<input id="check1" type="checkbox" checked="checked">

-JS

$( "input" ).change(function() {
  var $input = $( this );
 $input.prop( "checked" ); //returns true if It's checked, false, if not.

So yes, it looks like properties are attributes to me.

EDIT: to be sure of what I've told you, I've searched on google and I found this topic which confirms what I wrote with more details.

Tony Brackins
Tony Brackins
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Tony Brackins
Tony Brackins
28,766 Points

So checkbox is a property or attribute?

geoffrey
geoffrey
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geoffrey
geoffrey
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checkbox is the value of the html property of type, or checkbox is the value of the attribute type, according things I've read, property is the same as attribute when talking of html elements.