Access properties in Firefox 1

[ToddWW]

I like to use my own properties in certain elements then be able to access them using document.getElementById(). It works great in IE, but not Firefox.

<div id="mydiv" fileType="pdf">

var v1 = document.getElementById("mydiv");
alert(v1.fileType);

I get an alert window in IE with "pdf". In Firefox, I get "undefined". Any ideas how I can accomplish something like this in Firefox.

Thanks in advance.

ToddWW

 

[vacunita]

IE wrongly detects non-standard attributes.

For all other browsers you need to use the getAttribute() function.

alert(v1.getAttribute('attributeName'));

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