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javascript: reading lang attribute in html tag

rated 0 times [ 94] [ 5] / answers: 1 / hits: 39703 / 14 Years ago, thu, february 17, 2011, 12:00:00

In <html> tag I have attribute lang. How do I reach it using .js. I want to use contains of lang as a variable. So as I understand it should start with var lang = ????

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answered 14 Years ago agustindejonm · Accepted Answer

In jQuery:

    var theLanguage = $('html').attr('lang');

    alert(theLanguage);

If you wanna fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/NX367/

If you want to do it in plain Javascript, this site will explain better than I:

http://www.javascriptkit.com/dhtmltutors/domattribute.shtml