Opened 7 years ago
Closed 7 years ago
#14654 closed bug (wontfix)
get select element value bug
| Reported by: | Owned by: | ||
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| Priority: | undecided | Milestone: | None |
| Component: | attributes | Version: | 1.10.2 |
| Keywords: | Cc: | ||
| Blocked by: | Blocking: |
Description
code like this: selectObj.value = "valueDoesntExists"; var val = $(selectObj).val();
then val is null; it should be "";
look at jquery-1.10.2.js line 4226
Change History (1)
comment:1 Changed 7 years ago by
| Component: | unfiled → attributes |
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| Resolution: | → wontfix |
| Status: | new → closed |
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.valis documented to returnnullwhen no option is selected, and while a case could be made for moving closer to HTML5-specified behavior, I don't find it compelling enough to break our API. I have submitted a pull request to make its behavior even more clear: https://github.com/jquery/api.jquery.com/pull/406Please use
$select.val() || ""if you need an empty string when no option is selected.