fix for #3688, setting type attribute on button causes IE to throw error

[jquery.git] / src / core.js

diff --git a/src/core.js b/src/core.js
index 446c82e..271e7c4 100644 (file)
--- a/src/core.js
+++ b/src/core.js
@@ -1004,7 +1004,7 @@ jQuery.extend({
                        if ( name in elem && notxml && !special ) {
                                if ( set ){
                                        // We can't allow the type property to be changed (since it causes problems in IE)
-                                       if ( name == "type" && jQuery.nodeName( elem, "input" ) && elem.parentNode )
+                                       if ( name == "type" && elem.nodeName.match(/(button|input)/i) && elem.parentNode )
                                                throw "type property can't be changed";
 
                                        elem[ name ] = value;