Works for me:
http://jsbin.com/anopo
Are you attempting to get the value inside a change event by chance? If so,
use click instead.
- Richard
On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 3:46 PM, littlerobothead <nickmjo...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
> Banging my head against a wall here. I have this:
>
> <h3><span class="num">1</span>Date Range</h3>
> <p><input type="radio" class="period" name="period" value="daily">
> Daily</p>
> <p><input type="radio" class="period" name="period" value="weekly">
> Weekly</p>
> <p><input type="radio" class="period" name="period" value="monthly">
> Monthly</p>
>
> and I'm trying to get checked status with this:
>
> var period = $('input.period:checked').val();
>
> But, of course, no joy. Do *I* need to set the checked status of the
> radio button in order to use the :checked method, or doesn't the
> browser handle this on it's own? I thought browsers changed the
> "checked" attribute on their own. I'm totally stumped and cranky over
> here.
>
> Thanks!
> -Nick
