On 12/7/06, Dave Methvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I think the outcome of the past month's discussion was this:
>
> 1) .val() will be dead in jQuery 1.1, as will all of the macro properties.
>
> 2) It's easy to get the value of a non-input element with .attr("value").
>
> 3) Mike Alsup added fieldValue to the form plugin to get the value that
> would be used for the element if the form was submitted.
>
> Once .val() is well and truly dead, you can include the form plugin and
> create a custom .val() that uses fieldValue.

Not all macros are being removed in 1.1. There has been some confusion
about this but some macros are too highly used to be removed from the
core, even to a plugin. The .val() macro happens to be one of those
that are highly used ... but lets not get back into the 1.1 discussion
just yet.

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Brandon Aaron

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