.html() ignores current text input value

[matteosistisette]

html() on text input fields doesn't include the current value of the input field into the "value" attribute of the html tag.

E.g.: ​http://jsfiddle.net/uRCnK/2/

Expected console output: input type="text" id="textfield" value="aaaa"> Observed console output: input type="text" id="textfield">

Or type "xyz" into the text field and click te "print" button Expected console output: input type="text" id="textfield" value="xyz"> Observed console output: input type="text" id="textfield">

I am not sure, though, whether this is a bug in jQuery or in the Javascript engine itself (i.e. the implementation of the innerHTML property)

[dmethvin]

Works the same with or without jQuery. That's just not the way dynamic properties work. If the user has their name half-typed into the field and you clone the element you can't expect the half-typed input in the html.

[anonymous]

var inputs = $('html').find("input:text"); $.each(inputs,function(){ $(this).attr('value',$(this).val()); });