For a software library as prominent as jQ this is not good enough, I am affraid. Beside input, there is textarea element, attribute is not called "val" but "value", etc ...
--DBJ On Apr 7, 5:27 pm, Chuck Harmston <[email protected]> wrote: > It actually is in the documentation: > "The result is a string that contains the combined text contents of all > matched elements. This method works on both HTML and XML documents. Cannot > be used on input elements. For input field text use the val attribute." > > (Fromhttp://docs.jquery.com/Attributes/text) > > Chuck Harmstonhttp://chuckharmston.com > [email protected] > > On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 12:09 PM, DBJDBJ <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Very good comment Thomas. > > Documentation should indeed mention when and why to use .text() > > and .val(). > > In my experience, 99% of jQuery novices do the same mistake. > > I suppose they are used to jQuery benign attitude and expect that > > jQuery "knows" what to do if one call's .text() on the input element. > > Novices subconsciously, expect form jQ to automagically return the > > value of the "value" attribute, or some simillar "magic" if element is > > input or textarea etc. So the jQ doc has to be clear this is not what > > will happen. > > > And of course, tutorial needs to explain the reasoning of > > allowing jQ code like this : > > > $().text() > > > --DBJ > > > On Apr 6, 5:14 pm, Thomas White <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
