.text on input element causes exception in IE

[ezra@…]

When calling .text(0) on an input element IE throws an exception. appendChild() probably doesn't exists on a input element. It works fine in Firefox.

Calling the appropriate .val(0) function works just fine in all browsers.

[snover]

Please supply a test case.

[addyosmani]

I've recreated a test case for this and tested in IE but it appears to be working fine - please also mention the version of IE that you are testing on when replying back.

[ezra@…]

Very simple test case using jsFiddle

 http://jsfiddle.net/Fp7BT/

Tested on IE6 and IE8 and both throw an exception.

Also it doesn't matter if the input is of type text or hidden.

[snover]

Thanks for the report, but this is not a bug. Input elements cannot have children, so your attempt to <input></input> is invalid. If you want to set the value of an element, use .val.