Ie7 And Setattribute() To Remove Classes

I've got a pretty interesting issue. I'm writing a plugin which allows you to zoom in/out an image. I've got 3 buttons: close (close the 'window'), zoom in, zoom out. The buttons z

Solution 1:

setAttribute() and getAttribute() are generally broken in IE 7 and earlier (and compatibility modes in later versions). Use the element's className property instead:

elementZoomButtonIn.className = "zoom-icon zoom-icon-small zoom-button-in";

Even if setAttribute() and getAttribute() weren't broken in IE, it's still generally easier and more reliable to use equivalent DOM properties instead.