Hi Matt,
On Wed, 2008-01-23 at 03:22 -0600, Matt Quackenbush wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am using the following to grab the value of a radio button:
>
>
> str = $("input[name='addType']").val();
.val() returns the value of the first match element and your query
matches both radio buttons. If you want to target only the checked one,
try:
str = $("input[name=addType]:checked").val();
hth,
Tim.
>
>
> The XHTML for the radio button is as follows:
>
>
> <label for="add-type-1"><input type="radio" name="addType"
> id="add-type-1" value="prem" /> Premium</label>
> <label for="add-type-2"><input type="radio" name="addType"
> id="add-type-2" value="std" checked="checked" /> Standard</label>
>
>
> Even though the second radio button is set with the "checked"
> attribute, the jQuery snippet above always returns the value of the
> first radio button. I am obviously doing something wrong (again), but
> cannot seem to pinpoint the error of my ways.
>
>
> As always, thanks in advance for your assistance.
>
> Matt
>
