Return type: Switch
Returns:       A value of true when the attribute is not specified and has its default value; otherwise, false.

Syntax

attribute attribute-name element-qualifier*
    (is | isnt) defaulted

An attribute test that succeeds when:

• the referenced element attribute has a default value, given in the attribute declaration, but no value is set in the start tag of the element in the document instance, or
• the referenced data attribute has a default value, given in the declaration for the external entity's notation, but no value is set in the entity declaration.

Otherwise, the test fails. Using isnt instead of is reverses the results.

Unlike most other attribute references, no error is generated if the specified attribute does not exist, or was not given a value (since the test doesn't actually use the value).

If the element-qualifier references an element that does not exist, or the specified attribute is not declared, the is form of the test always fails, and the isnt form always succeeds.

Related Syntax attribute attributes

Related Concepts Attribute tests on items of the "attributes" shelf

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