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

Let me see if I understood you. You have, for example, the code:

And by jQuery you want it to be:

Is it right? If it is. You just have to do:

$('#previous').attr('control', -6);

If an attribute doesn't exists it's created by jQuery. So, to remove it you can do:

$('#previous').removeAttr('control');

What you're doing doesn't respect the html rules and everything else, but it works fine, a lot of plugins do the same. ;D

I hope this could be helpful!

See you!