How to add an HTML attribute with jQuery

Question

Well, I have this jQuery image slideshow that uses the attribute \"control\" inside an . Seeing how it didn\'t validate I searched for a way to add this attribute i

Answer 1

Since the jQuery version has been well covered here, I thought I'd offer something different, so here a native DOM API alternative:

document.getElementById('previous').setAttribute('control','-6');

Yes, I know you asked for jQuery. Never hurts to know the native way too. :o)