Opened 16 years ago
Closed 13 years ago
#1069 closed enhancement (worksforme)
Please extend val()
Reported by: | daemach | Owned by: | |
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Priority: | minor | Milestone: | 1.1.3 |
Component: | core | Version: | 1.1.2 |
Keywords: | Cc: | ||
Blocked by: | Blocking: |
Description
At the moment, val() only works properly for single elements. It would be very useful if, when passing val() an array of elements created by using a selector like $('[@name=mycheckboxes]'), it could return an array of values for checkboxes and multi-selects. That is the only feature in the forms plugin I would use so I hate adding the overhead for just this function.
Change History (5)
comment:1 Changed 15 years ago by
Priority: | major → minor |
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comment:2 Changed 15 years ago by
You can do that via the following:
$('[name="mycheckboxes"]').map(function(){ return this.checked; });
comment:3 Changed 14 years ago by
Most likely, you are not looking for the value of the checkbox but the checked state? In that case you'd want either sunsean's solution or use something like $("[name=mycheckboxes]:checked")
and process them.
comment:4 Changed 14 years ago by
yes, i agree with this suggestion. val() is confusing, given that it returns arrays for single elements and single elements for an array of elements.
$('one, two').val() should return the values of both elements, based on the way almost every other function behaves.
if not that, how about vals() (plural) in the core?
comment:6 Changed 13 years ago by
Resolution: | → worksforme |
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Status: | new → closed |
Several good and short solutions have been proposed here as alternatives that work with the existing jQuery versions.
I think you can use the batch plugin by Brandon Aaron, it's very small (not like jQuery.form) and will solve this.