add an attribute to an element javascript code example

Example 1: javascript change attribute

var element = document.getElementById("elemId");
element.setAttribute("attributeName", "value");

Example 2: setAttribute()

element.setAttribute(name, value);
element.setAttribute("style", "background-color: red;");

Example 3: put new attribute on html tag using javascript

// Here's what you do for the style attribute
span.setAttribute("style", "width:110%;float:center;left-margin:-10px;top-margin:-10;");

Example 4: set property dom javascrpt

document.getElementsByTagName("H1")[0].setAttribute("class", "democlass");