Haven't tried it but you could use my getAttributes plugin (http://
plugins.jquery.com/project/getAttributes) to store the current
attributes in the data as I suggested, and then retrieve it later.
That would get you not only the value but all other attributes.
$(document).ready(function(){
$(":input").each(function(){
$(this).data('orig',$.getAttributes($(this)))
});
//to access original attributes of the input later, including value
console.log( $('some_input').data('orig').value );
console.log( $('some_input').data('orig').name);
});
On Mar 10, 11:43 am, Brad <nrmlcrpt...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks for the help on the other question. I missed the part about
> reverting the value.
>
> Actually I don't think that I need to explicitly store the value. If I
> store the value of $(this) as shown I can later retrieve the value
> for a specific field by e.g., calling ...
>
> $(origFormData['age']).val()
>
> ..., but I need to explain my requirement in more detail.
>
> Restoring the input field's value is only one part of the problem.
> There are a number of other attributes that might need to be restored.
> Depending on how the backend code originally displays the form, a
> field can start out enabled or disabled. It can start out with a
> special class assignment. These attributes can dynamically change as
> the form is used. Therefore resetting a field may involve more than
> restoring the field's original value.
>
> What I was hoping I could do was store an jQuery object that contained
> all of the information about the field and somehow (magically) use
> that to overwrite the current representation of that same field.
>
> Am I dreaming?
>
> Thinking of other ways to solve this problem, is there a way with
> jQuery to get the full html of an input element? The .html() method
> doesn't do it.
>
> On Mar 10, 12:02 pm, MorningZ <morni...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > You forgot an important part of the line
>
> > origFormData[this.name] = $(this);
>
> > and this is you need to store the value, so
>
> > origFormData[this.name] = $(this).val();
>
> > and on your other topic, the code was also provided to revert the
> > value back to the saved value
>
> > On Mar 10, 1:36 pm, Brad <nrmlcrpt...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > I have a need to reset individual form objects to their original
> > > state. When the document loads I save the element like this:
>
> > > var origFormData = {};
>
> > > $(document).ready(function(){
>
> > > // Save original form data for each input field
> > > $(":input").each(function(){
> > > origFormData[this.name] = $(this);
> > > });
>
> > > });
>
> > > For example I have a form with fields named name, age, and dept
> > > selectable by $("#name"), $("#age"), and $("#dept") respectably.
>
> > > How would I go about later restoring/resetting a specific field. Is
> > > there a simple way to overwrite the object represented by $("#name)
> > > with origFormData.name?
