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How to add attributes to an HTML element in jQuery?

Given an HTML document containing some elements and the task is to add the attributes to the HTML elements.

Approach: Given an HTML document containing <label>, <input> and <button> elements. The <input> element contains the type and id attribute. When user click on the button, the jQuery function is called. We use $(selector).attr() method to add the attributes. Here, we are adding the placeholder attribute to the input field.

Syntax:

$("#add-attr").click(function () {
    $("#addAttr").attr("placeholder", "neveropen");
});

Example:

HTML




<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
  
<head>
    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">  
    <script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.5.1.min.js">
    </script>
  
    <script>
        $(document).ready(function () {
            $("#add-attr").click(function () {
                $("#addAttr").attr("placeholder", "neveropen");
            });
        });
    </script>
</head>
  
<body style="text-align: center;">
    <h1 style="color: green;">
        neveropen
    </h1>
  
    <h4>
        How to add attributes to an HTML element in jQuery?
    </h4>
  
    <label for="addAttr"></label>
    <input type="text" id="addAttr">
  
      <button id="add-attr">Add Placeholder Attribute</button>
</body>
  
</html>


Output:

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