$('#inputElement').text() returns empty string in IE6

Reported by:	tw2080	Owned by:
Priority:	major	Milestone:	1.3.2
Component:	unfiled	Version:	1.3.2
Keywords:	IE6, text() empty string	Cc:
Blocked by:		Blocking:

Description

When I try to get the text value of a single input element in IE6, $('#inputElement').text(), an empty string is returned. In the same time document.getElementById('inputElement').value returns the correct value.

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Change History (4)

Changed April 05, 2009 08:11PM UTC by tw2080 comment:1

A small change in the code at line 208 fixes this problemm:

(208) text: function( text ) {

var ret = "";

jQuery.each( text || this, function(){

if( this.childNodes.length > 0 ) {

jQuery.each( this.childNodes, function(){

if ( this.nodeType != 8 )

ret += this.nodeType != 1 ?

( this.value || this.nodeValue ):

jQuery.fn.text( [ this ] );

});

} else if ( this.nodeType != 8 )

ret += this.nodeType == 1 ?

( this.value || this.nodeValue ):'';

});

return ret;

Changed April 05, 2009 08:24PM UTC by tw2080 comment:2

http://paste.pocoo.org/show/111208/

Changed April 09, 2009 12:30AM UTC by dmethvin comment:3

If you want the value of an input element, use

.val()

and not

.text()

Changed May 10, 2009 03:47AM UTC by dmethvin comment:4

resolution:	→ invalid
status:	new → closed

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