[Javascript] IE work-a-round question (re: checkboxes)

[David Hucklesby]

On Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:56:38 -0400, tedd wrote:
> Hi gang:
>
> I wrote the following application and it works fine on most browsers except for IE's.
>
> http://webbytedd.com/quarters
>
> It seems that IE js doesn't understand the following statement:
>
> document.getElementById(id).checked = true;
>
[...]
>
> All the code has to do is to set a simple checkbox to 'on' in IE.
>

Hi Tedd,
This seems to work cross-browser this end (Win xp pro; IE7 and
"standalone" IE 5.5 and 6, as well as other browsers:

  document.getElementById(id).setAttribute('checked', true);


Cordially,
David
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