> This problem also arises when using the form plugin. I thought it
> would be easy to fix but it turns out that IE resolves options without
> values to have a value identical to the empty string. That is, if
> there is not a value attribute on the option element the following is
> true in IE:
>
> value === ""
>
> and so is this:
>
> $(...).attr('value') === ""
>
> That is really unfortunate. If often use an empty string as the
> value, like this:
>
> <option value="">ALL</option>
>
> and in that case I want the empty string posted, not the "ALL" text.
> Programatically there doesn't seem to be a way to tell them apart in
> IE. Anyone have any ideas?
>
Have you checked what getAttribute returns? Or maybe "defaultValue"?
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Jörn Zaefferer
http://bassistance.de
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