Rob Desbois schrieb:
> I have a <textarea> which I want to read / write.
>
> I have been testing with this:
> alert($("#the_text_area").text());
> $("#the_text_area").text('different text');
>
> That works as expected until the <textarea> contents are modified by the
> user. From that point, .text() continues to return the unmodified text, and
> text('text') has no effect.
> This fault occurs in Firefox 2.0.0.2, but not in IE6.0
>
> I've discovered I can use .val() which will work in both. Should it?
> Is this a Firefox bug or am I going about this the wrong way?
> Any advice welcome.
This is no bug. You need to use the value property (aka .val()) to
retrieve textarea content (like any other form element).
-- Klaus
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