getAttribute not working in firefox

[shane07]

I am using following code:

disabledtype=field.getAttribute("disabled");

where 'field' is the id of the 'select' box.

IE returns 'false' from the above code if the select box is not disabled

but firefox returns a whitespace when disabled and null when enabled.

I need to validate the select box only when the select box is enabled. I could not determine if the select box is enabled or disabled in firefox.

In IE I used

if(disabledtype==false)

to determine if the select box is enabled or disabled but in firefox I could not determine either using the above code or

if(disabledtype==null)

or even

if(disabledtype=='disabled')

or

if(disabledtype=='')

What should I need to do to determine if the select box is enabled or disabled in firefox?

[darkfreaks]

if(disabledtype==='disabled'){}

if(disabledtype===false){}

if(disabledtype===null){}

if(disabledtype===''){}

 

if you still have problems let me know

[darkfreaks]

Solution:

http://www.patmullin.com/weblog/2006/04/06/getattributestyle-setattributestyle-ie-dont-mix/

[shane07]

if(disabledtype==='disabled'){}

if(disabledtype===false){}

if(disabledtype===null){}

if(disabledtype===''){}

 

if you still have problems let me know

Thanks a lot for your help.

It worked well.

I used

if(disabledtype===null||disabledtype===false){}