Hmm. The plot thickens. Debugging a bit more.
On Aug 13, 4:20 pm, "Mauricio \(Maujor\) Samy Silva" <css.mau...@gmail.com> wrote: > There is nothing wrong with your code. > Have a look at this testcase:http://jsbin.com/igubihttp://jsbin.com/igubi/edit > > Maurício > > -----Mensagem Original----- > De: littlerobothead > Para: jQuery (English) > Enviada em: quinta-feira, 13 de agosto de 2009 16:46 > Assunto: [jQuery] Radio button checked status > > 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