After Form Reset in IE8, Jquery serialize function fails to add select fields to its returned string

[steve]

I have moderate knowledge with Javascript and am beginner in Jquery.

I am reporting what I found while coding a webpage for my client.

In IE8 after form reset, if I call jquery serialize function the string it returns doesn't contain the select fields. I observed this behavior only in IE8

Please see the demo proof at the webpage

​http://go9.us/5qk

[curiousdannii]

Hmm tricky. It appears that .reset() behaves different in IE, in that although it looks like it has selected the first option, in the DOM it is still unselected. You can test that with the following, which returns true in FF but false in IE.

$('#s2').children()[0].selected

[steve]

This has become a serious problem for me. I used serialize method for Forms on my client's websites for sending a post request.

All the forms have reset button also and now the code is failing in IE8 after form reset due to this bug in Jquery or IE8. My clients have not yet noticed this on their sites because of the inconspicuous nature of the bug.Shame on me.

Though the bug seem to be in IE8, the burden lies on Jquery team as Jquery is cross browser library. It is disheartening that no one is responding to this ticket yet.

[snover]

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Automatically closed due to 14 days of inactivity.