Considering the recent discussion about removing the macro functions,
perhaps it would be reasonalbe to turn val() into a smart function, and to
leave straight .value access through .attr("value").Blair On 11/30/06, Brice Burgess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Brice Burgess wrote: > Mike Alsup wrote: > >> Yes, of course. We just haven't solved this one yet. I took a look >> at the dojo source earlier today and they don't account for this >> situation either. >> >> Mike >> > "off the top" I would suggest seeing if the value attribute exists on > the selectedIndex <option>. If it exists, use this value. If not, use > the innerHTML of the <option> (or empty string if there is none) ? > Perhaps this is too much overhead? > > ~ brice > Upon looking into the source I see that all $.val() does is provide a macro to the element in questions .value -- and doesn't do any sniffing/"smart" work. So perhaps providing a $.sval() function to match the value of a select may be in order (and it's probably in the forms plugin already... ;)) ~ Brice _______________________________________________ jQuery mailing list [email protected] http://jquery.com/discuss/
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