Module Dom/setData

setData

• setData(element: HTMLElement, selector: string, data: string | number | any[] | PlainObject | null): void

• Can be used to set a HTML data- attribute to a certain element.

  Note: This is not jQuery! This will really set the attribute, no magical in-memory data here!

  Parameters

  • element: HTMLElement

    The element to set the data to

  • selector: string

    The name of the data attribute to set the value (data-)some-attribute. (The data- part is optional)

  • data: string | number | any[] | PlainObject | null

    The value to be set as data. Complex data will be json encoded. If NULL is given the data attribute will be removed

  Returns void