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Javascript Get & Set HTML Data Attribute

JAVASCRIPT GET & SET HTML DATA

https://code-boxx.com/set-get-html-data-attributes/

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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Set Data Attribute</title>
</head>
<body>
<!-- (A) SET DATA ATTRIBUTE IN HTML START TAG -->
<div id="demoA" data-color="red">
This element has custom data attributes.
</div>
<!-- (B) SET DATA ATTRIBUTE IN JAVASCRIPT -->
<script>
document.getElementById("demoA").dataset.priority = "high";
// <div id="demoA" data-color="red" data-priority="high">
</script>
</body>
</html>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Get Data Attribute</title>
</head>
<body>
<!-- (A) ELEMENT WITH DATA ATTRIBUTES -->
<div id="demoB" data-color="red" data-priority="high">
This element has custom data attributes.
</div>
<!-- (B) GET DATA ATTRIBUTE IN JAVASCRIPT -->
<script>
var el = document.getElementById("demoB");
console.log(el.dataset.color); // red
console.log(el.dataset.priority); // high
</script>
</body>
</html>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Set Array Into Data Attribute</title>
</head>
<body>
<!-- (A) DUMMY ELEMENT -->
<div id="demoC">Dummy</div>
<!-- (B) JAVASCRIPT -->
<script>
// (B1) GET HTML ELEMENT
var el = document.getElementById("demoC");
// (B2) SET ARRAY TO DATA ATTRIBUTE
// dataset can only be string - json.stringify() to turn array to string
el.dataset.array = JSON.stringify(["Red", "Green", "Blue"]);
// (B3) GET ARRAY BACK FROM STRING
// use json.parse() to turn encoded string back to array
console.log(JSON.parse(el.dataset.array));
</script>
</body>
</html>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Set HTML Snippet In Data Attribute</title>
</head>
<body>
<!-- (A) DUMMY ELEMENTS -->
<div id="demoD" data-snippet="<strong>Foo</strong>">Demo D</div>
<div id="demoE">Demo E</div>
<!-- (B) JAVASCRIPT -->
<script>
// (B1) GET HTML SNIPPET
var snippet = document.getElementById("demoD").dataset.snippet;
// (B2) SET HTML SNIPPET
document.getElementById("demoE").innerHTML = snippet;
</script>
</body>
</html>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Set CSS Style Based On Data Attribute</title>
<!-- (A) CSS STYLES -->
<style>
div[data-color="red"] { background: red; }
div[data-color="green"] { background: green; }
div[data-color="blue"] { background: blue; }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<!-- (B) DUMMY ELEMENT -->
<div id="demoF">Dummy</div>
<!-- (C) JAVASCRIPT SET COLOR -->
<script>
function setColor (col) {
document.getElementById("demoF").dataset.color = col;
}
</script>
<input type="button" value="Red" onclick="setColor('red')">
<input type="button" value="Green" onclick="setColor('green')">
<input type="button" value="Blue" onclick="setColor('blue')">
</body>
</html>
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