element.hasAttributes

The Element.hasAttributes() method returns Boolean value, indicating if the current element has any attributes or not.

Syntax

var result = element.hasAttributes();

result

holds the return value true or false.

Examples

var foo = document.getElementById("foo"); 
if (foo.hasAttributes()) { 
    // do something with 'foo.attributes'
}

Polyfill

;(function(prototype) {
    prototype.hasAttributes = prototype.hasAttributes || function() {
        return (this.attributes.length > 0);
    }
})(Element.prototype);

Specifications

Browser compatibility

[1] Before Firefox 35, it was implemented on the Node interface.

See also

• Element.attributes
• Element.hasAttribute()