Re: [jQuery] $.val() limited in functionality?

Christopher Jordan Wed, 15 Nov 2006 10:04:46 -0800

Mike Alsup wrote:

 I have to admit, I didn't understand that $.val() was limited to only input
elements, and I expected it to get the value of any element.


val() is confusing because of its hybrid nature.  Only a few elements
support the "value" attribute (input, option, button and param), but
any object *could* have a value property, and some, most notably the
select element, always do.

So this function *could* retrieve the value of the selected option in a select box? If val() is confusing then it's *exact* behavior should be documented... and I mean more explicitly. Developer's who are moving from desktop application development to Web / RIA type development, may latch on to jQuery because of it's relative ease, but may not fully understand some of the intricacies of the DOM.

Just my two cents I guess.

And there are cross browser issues of course.  For example, IE
promotes a button's text to be its "value" but FF does not.

Mike

Hmm... I didn't know that. I don't develop much for FF.

Chris

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