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attr(attributeName, value)

SetsthevalueofthespecifiedattributeofoneHTMLelementorofeachelementinaresultset.

attributeName

String;thenameoftheattribute.

value

String;valuefortheattribute.

Examples

ThisscriptlooksupanimageinanelementwiththeID#calloutboxandsetsitsalternativetexttoa

valuefromadatafield.

var altText = record.fields.FavHobby;

query("#callout img").attr('alt', altText);

Thefollowingscriptsetsthebackgroundcolorofaspecifictablecellinanemailtoredifthevalueofthe

fieldTOTALhasanegativevalueinthecurrentrecord.

if(record.fields.TOTAL<0) {

query("#total").attr("bgcolor","red");

}

before()

InsertscontentbeforeoneormoreHTMLelements,whichcanbe:

l

Theelementsthatmatchtheselectorofascript(see"results"onpage844).

l

Oneelementthatmatchestheselectorofascriptthatrunsfor"Eachmatchedelement"(see

"this"onpage781and"Settingthescopeofascript"onpage373).

l

Theelementsreturnedbyaqueryinthetemplate(see"query()"onpage742).

Seealso:"after()"onpage786.

before(content)

Before(content)insertscontentbeforeoneormoreHTMLelementsandcreatesanewresultset.

content

String,HTMLstringorresultsettoinsertaftertheelements.Incaseaplaintextstringisprovided,itis

automaticallywrappedina<span>elementtoavoidorphantextnodestoappearinthe<body>ele-

ment.

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