Invalid Characters

[Utherr12]

var brk = document.createElement('<br />');

This is where javascript console in Chromium triggers the uncaught error.I also have another piece of code like that, and wish to know if it's correct:

field = document.createElement('<input name="q"'+i+' type="text" size="50" \>');

If necessary I can supply the whole function (it's not big). I've seen an example for createElement/appendChild usage ... and I followed the example as seen there, but it looks like it's not good.The exact error message is: "Uncaught Error: INVALID_CHARACTER_ERR: DOM Exception 5"

[justsomeguy]

It should just be this:document.createElement('br');You just use the tag name, no other markup.e.g.:

var el = document.createElement('input');el.setAttribute('type', 'text');el.setAttribute('size', 50);

[Utherr12]

OK, thanks a lot, i was wondering if there's a simpler way to add attributes other than get element by tag name with index 0 then element.type = "text", element.value = 6; etc

[Fmdpa]

Some element nodes have settable properties like "element.value", "element.alt", etc. If the node does not have a settable property, then you can use the "setAttribute" method. jQuery has a method that simplifies this.

$("element").attr({ 		  type: "text",		  title: "jQuery",		  value: "value"	  });