Value Attribute (as meta-data) Only works with numbers

[ghostdx]

I tried changing SELECT > OPTION into UL > LI and adding the value attribute of the options to the LI. It worked fine with numbers but when I tried to use strings it would return a -1. I changed the attribute name to "valuez" and it worked fine.

[dz]

Here's a sample test case:

 http://jquery.nodnod.net/cases/121

The "valuez" attribute shows the correct value whilst the "value" attribute on the li is "0".

[ghostdx]

Replying to dz:

Here's a sample test case:

 http://jquery.nodnod.net/cases/121

The "valuez" attribute shows the correct value whilst the "value" attribute on the li is "0".

Thanks for the example! :) I think it does not work not only with UL > LI but with any HTML tag with the VALUE attribute.

[dmethvin]

Sorry, I am not seeing the issue. It looks like the test case was edited. can you include a few short lines that demonstrate the problem? To put code in the post, use three { characters in a row with no spaces:

{{{
your code here
}}}

[dz]

Try:

<script>
$(function(){alert($('<li value="test"></li>').attr('value'));});
</script>

[dmethvin]

In HTML4 the value attribute of an li gives you the ordered list number:

 http://www.w3schools.com/tags/att_li_value.asp

So the cause lies outside jQuery, you can see it from this example:

<li id="arf" value="dog"></li>
alert(document.getElementById("arf").value);