35319 - button.getAttribute('disabled') returns no value

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(Core :: DOM: Core & HTML, defect, P3)

Description

[Myk Melez [:myk] [@mykmelez]]

Overview Description:

The DOM method "getAttribute," when used on a BUTTON element to retrieve the
value of the BUTTON's attribute "disabled," returns nothing.

For example, given a button like this:

	<button id="foo">Foo</button>

The following statement returns an empty dialog box instead of a dialog box with
the word "false":

	alert(document.getElementById('foo').getAttribute('disabled'));

To reproduce, load test case and click on second big button.

Actual Results: empty dialog box

Expected Results: dialog box with the word "false" in it

Build Date & Platform Bug Found: Linux 2000-04-09-09

Additional Builds and Platforms Tested On: none

Comment 1

[Myk Melez [:myk] [@mykmelez]]

Attachment: test case

Comment 2

[Blake Ross]

reproduced on Mac, win98 and win2k. setting OS and platform to All as I believe 
this to be a cross-platform bug, though testing on further OS and platforms 
would be helpful

Comment 3

[ckritzer (gone)]

nominating for nsbeta2 based on:
 - visibility
 - feature (DOM Level 1 Standards Compliance) broken

Comment 4

[Phil Peterson]

[nsbeta2+]

Comment 5

[Johnny Stenback (:jst)]

IMO mozilla did the right thing as far as the DOM Level 1 & 2 specs go, but we
broke compatibility with other browsers. This is now fixed.

Comment 6

[ckritzer (gone)]

Marking VERIFED FIXED on:
 - MacOS9 2000-05-23-12-M16 Commercial Build
 - Linux6 2000-05-23-10-M16 Commercial Build
 - Win95 2000-05-23-10-M16 Commercial Build