$(...).attr returns different values in IE7 and Firefox

[oridan]

$(...).attr('onclick')

firefox:

returns the text contained within the onclick attribute.

IE7:

returns a reference to an anonymous function.

Expected:

return text contained within the attribute, as per firefox.

[oridan]

possibly related to #2511

[MelTraX]

This 'error' also occurs for IE6.. I'm using a quick fix now which might help you to integrate a proper fix into jQuery:

$.fn.extend({

'onclickValue': function() {

var onclick = this.attr('onclick'); if($.isFunction(onclick))

return (onclick+).substr(23,(onclick+).length-25);

else

return onclick;

}

});

[MelTraX]

Hmm.. The italic part should have two (onclick+{emptystring}) and a linebreak was lost but I guess you get the picture ;)

[flesler]

This could be patched on .attr(), but would change the behavior for anything else. To get the text on firefox, just use: this[0].getAttribute('onclick');