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I came across an interesting problem when using java script "setSttribute" method with IE. Apparently it does not work with IE versions 5.5 to 7 when we try to use it to set a style to an element.

For all the browsers including IE8 and above this code will work fine when we a want to set a a style attribute to an element using java script.

var elemntToTest=document.createElement('a');
elemntToTest.setAttribute('href', '#');
elemntToTest.setAttribute('style', 'padding:3px');

but in IE 5.5-7 you will need to set the style like this.

elemntToTest.style.cssText = "padding:3px;";

Now it will work fine in all the browsers.

Hope this work around helps!!!