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#4390 closed bug (invalid)
Opened March 19, 2009 10:30PM UTC
Closed March 21, 2009 01:42AM UTC
$('input[type=checkbox]').val() doesn't return checked or unchecked status
| Reported by: | andras | Owned by: | |
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| Priority: | major | Milestone: | 1.4 |
| Component: | core | Version: | 1.3.2 |
| Keywords: | Cc: | ||
| Blocked by: | Blocking: |
Description
$('input[type=checkbox]').val() returns always the attribute value of the input and not the checked or unchecked status wich really tells the user value.
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Change History (2)
Changed March 20, 2009 05:16AM UTC by comment:1
Changed March 21, 2009 01:42AM UTC by comment:2
| resolution: | → invalid |
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| status: | new → closed |
You haven't said what value you would expect from
.val()when the checkbox isn't checked but whatever it returned would be a surprise for existing code. Since
.val()is a symmetrical getter/setter for other elements, I don't think a special case for checkboxes is warranted.
Checkbox inputs store their checked state in the presence of a 'checked' attribute, not in 'value'. Any value, for 'checked' will result in a checked input, i.e. <input type="checkbox" checked="false" value="false" /> would be checked. The absence of the 'checked' attribute will prevent the value from being sent at all on a form submit. The correct method for determining check state is: $('input[type="checkbox"]').is('[checked]')