I don't think so - I've updated the documentation to be a little more
precise.
http://docs.jquery.com/Attributes/val
--John
On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 3:26 PM, Alex Farcas <alex.far...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I noticed val() ignores the 'value' attribute on html elements.
>
> If i have this markup:
> < div id="test" value="45" >< / div >
>
> $('#test').val() - will return empty string
> $('#test').attr() - will return '45'
>
> If i set a value using $('#test').val(88)
>
> $('#test').val() - will return '88'
> $('#test').attr() - will return '45'
>
> So val() has nothing to do with the 'value' attribute, although in the
> documentation for val() i see: Get the content of the value attribute
> of the first matched element.
>
> Doesn't this qualify as a bug?
> >
>
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