Chuck, Thank you very much for your detailed explanation. I was so exited about jQuery last couple of days, that I spent most of my time using it and very little time was left for reading the documentation ;-). It could be a good idea to include in the documentation for .text(), a reference to .val() function stating the deference as you explained it. That will help other people not going into the same confusion as I did.
Regards, Thomas 2009/4/6 Chuck Harmston <[email protected]> > > Hello Thomas! > > Welcome to the world of jQuery! > > The .text() function is not intended to be used on input elements. It > is designed to return the text (with HTML removed) of the contents of > an HTML tag. > > For example: > > <p><b>Hello</b> world</p> > > $('p').text() would return "Hello world" > $('p').html() would return "<b>Hello</b> world" > > Since <input>'s DOM element does store the inputted content in the DOM > tree, a different method needs to be used to access it. Try using > $('#inputElement').val(): > > http://docs.jquery.com/Attributes/val > > Additionally, $('#inputElement').attr('value') would achieve the same > effect. > > Chuck Harmston > http://chuckharmston.com > > > On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 4:30 AM, Thomas <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Dear jQuerians, > > > > I have learned about jQuery a couple of days and now I am using it all > > over my code ;-). > > > > I have a problem and a solution. > > > > Then I use $('#inputElement').text() to get the value of an input > > element, I receive an empty string. It turns out it is because: > > 1) the text function is extracting the text only from the children > > nodes. > > 2) .nodeValue is used to get the content of the DOM node that in case > > of INPUT element returns an empty string. > > > > The solution I am proposing is to here > http://paste.pocoo.org/show/111208/ > > It deals with two cases - when there are children elements or not and > > it checks for bouth .value attribute and .nodeValue attributes. > > > > I hope this will help. > > > > Regards, > > Thomas > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- Thomas White Mobile:+44 7711 922 966 Skype: thomaswhite gTalk: thomas.0007 Linked-In:http://www.linkedin.com/in/thomaswhite0007 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "jQuery Development" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jquery-dev?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
