How to obtain lang attribute in html using JavaScript?
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
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A:
Just.
document.getElementsByTagName('html')[0].getAttribute('lang');
And with the namespace
document.getElementsByTagName('html')[0].getAttribute('xml:lang');
SleepyCod
2009-06-04 08:53:16
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A:
If both attributes agree on their values (as they should), it's enough to read either of them. I'd suggest using
document.documentElement.lang
Christoph
2009-06-04 09:52:22