ex:
var pass = document.getElementById(’txtPassword’); pass.getAttribute(”onfocus”).value = “javascript:blabla()”;

Tested and worked on FF, IE7, IE6, IE5.5 ….

var isOpera, isIE = false;
if(typeof(window.opera) != ‘undefined’){isOpera = true;}
if(!isOpera && navigator.userAgent.indexOf(’Internet Explorer’)){isIE = true);

function createNamedElement(type, name, checked){
var element = document.createElement(type);
if(name){
element.setAttribute(’name’, name);
}
if(checked){
element.setAttribute(’checked’, ‘checked’);
}
return element;
}

//fix IE
if(isIE){
function createNamedElement(type, name, checked){
var elemStr = ”;
return document.createElement(elemStr);
}
}

With this, the function is redefined if IE, to handle its broken DOM.

You can not set an onclick on an element in IE as an attribute. This is because IE does not see it as an attribute, but as an object. Try e.g.:
eval(”elem.onclick=’myScript()’”)

I posted the solution I found on my web development blog here:
http://matts411.com/webdev/cre…..javascript

Let me know what you guys think.

Matt

function Fieldname(pa,attr){
var el= document.createElement(’input’);
for(var p in attr) el[p]= attr[p];
pa.appendChild(el);
if(el.name) return el;

//if the ‘name’ was not set, as in IE:
var el2= document.createElement(’span’);
var str= ”;
pa.replaceChild(el2,el);
return el2.firstChild;
}
//test case
var el= new Fieldname(document.body,
{type:’text’, name:’newInput’, size:’10′,
onchange:function(){alert(this.name)}})

//In practice, the first parameter would refer to a label or fieldset or form element

If you try this, please let me know how it turns out.