Benchmark: Disabled - MeasureThat.net

HTML Preparation code:

<div id="foo"></div>

Tests:

setAttribute
var element = document.getElementById("foo"); var i = 1000; while (i--) { element.setAttribute('disabled', true); }
disabled
var element = document.getElementById("foo"); var i = 1000; while (i--) { element.disabled = true; }

Rendered benchmark preparation results:

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Previous results

Test case name	Result
setAttribute
disabled

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

Autogenerated LLM Summary (model llama3.2:3b, generated one month ago):

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**Benchmark Explanation**

The provided benchmark measures the performance of two different ways to disable an HTML element in JavaScript: using the `disabled` property and using the `setAttribute` method with the `'disabled'` attribute.

**Test Case 1: " disabled"**

This test case uses the native JavaScript syntax to disable an element. Specifically, it uses the `disabled` property directly on the `element` variable. This is a built-in property in HTML that can be used to control an element's accessibility and behavior.

**Pros of using the `disabled` property:**

* Easy to read and understand
* Native JavaScript syntax, no additional library required
* Fast execution time since it's a direct property access

**Cons of using the `disabled` property:**

* May not work consistently across different browsers or environments
* Can have performance implications if used excessively

**Test Case 2: "setAttribute"**

This test case uses the `setAttribute` method to disable an element. Specifically, it sets the value of the `'disabled'` attribute on the `element` variable.

**Pros of using `setAttribute`:**

* More flexible than the `disabled` property, as it allows for more control over the element's behavior
* Can be useful if you need to dynamically set or modify attributes

**Cons of using `setAttribute`:**

* Requires an additional function call, which can introduce overhead
* May require additional parsing or processing by browsers, depending on how they handle attribute values

**Library Used: None**

Neither of the test cases uses any external libraries. They both rely solely on native JavaScript syntax.

**Special JS Features/Syntax: None**

There are no special JavaScript features or syntax used in these test cases. They follow standard JavaScript syntax for setting attributes and properties.

**Other Alternatives**

If you wanted to measure the performance of other ways to disable an element, here are some alternatives:

* Using `style.display = 'none'`
* Using a CSS rule (e.g., `display: none`)
* Using an external library like jQuery or React to manipulate the DOM
* Using a custom JavaScript function that manipulates the element's attributes

Keep in mind that each of these alternatives may have different performance implications, so it's worth measuring their performance if you need to support multiple approaches.

Latest run results:

Run details: (Test run date: 3 years ago)

User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/87.0.4280.66 Safari/537.36

Browser/OS: Chrome 87 on Windows

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Test name	Executions per second
setAttribute	2307.5 Ops/sec
disabled	975184.8 Ops/sec

Related benchmarks:

Disabled (version: 0)

Comparing performance of: setAttribute vs disabled

Created: 3 years ago by: Guest

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setAttribute

disabled

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Experimental features:

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

Autogenerated LLM Summary (model llama3.2:3b, generated one month ago):