dom - Can I use JavaScript to set the 'name' attribute?

Question

According to SitePoint (and my own experiments), the IE implementation of "setAttribute()" is buggy and unreliable.

Also according to SitePoint, the name attribute is read-only.

Is there another way I can set the name attributes on elements? I need this for use with radio buttons. If possible, I'd like a solution without jQuery, as I'm currently not using the library.

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

This worked for me

alert(document.getElementById('testInput').name);
document.getElementById('testInput').name = 'someName';
alert(document.getElementById('testInput').name);

With

<input type="radio" name="test" id="testInput" />