[Javascript] Firefox and setAttribute

[schalk at volume4.com (Schalk Neethling)]

Steve

Not sure if it will work, you might have even tried it but, have you 
tried a double forward slash?

Steve Clason wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Can anyone point me to a good source that explains Firefox's problem 
> handling of setAttribute? I keep running into problems and would like 
> to take the time to understand what's going on.
>
> Right now, I have this:
>
> <code>
> var slide = document.createElement("img");
> slide.setAttribute("src","images/image.gif");
> slide.setAttribute("alt","this is alt text");
> slide.setAttribute("id","slide");
> document.appendChild(slide);
> </code>
>
> The image element is placed and has an id and alt text attributes, but 
> no src.
>
> If I try:
>
> <code>
> slide.src = "images/image.gif";
> </code>
>
> I get the same thing--no image, but id and alt text.
>
> Both techniques work in IE and Opera so I'm pretty sure this is a FF 
> peculiarity.
>
> I'll take all the help I can get on this.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>

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