I'm curious: Why is everybody trying to "fix" the selector problem, rather than pointing out the ID is invalid in the first place?
Dexter: Get rid of the slash altogether. Problem solved. You might be able to work around this with the various suggestions others have made, but if your document isn't valid before you start applying scripting, you've leaving the door open for future problems. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > if I have a form like > > > > <form> > > <input type="text" value="test" id="content/mytest"/> > > </form> > > > > How can I get the value for the input text field using jquery? > > I tried > > > > <script type="text/javascript"> > > > > $(document).ready(function(){ > > var a = $("[EMAIL PROTECTED]'content/mytest']"); > > alert(a.val()); > > }); > > > > </script> > > > > but it does not work. Thanks > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > _______________________________________________ > jQuery mailing list > discuss@jquery.com > http://jquery.com/discuss/ _______________________________________________ jQuery mailing list discuss@jquery.com http://jquery.com/discuss/