$('<option></option>').val('myValue') no longer sets value

[kkalitowski@…]

jQuery 1.6 is not setting the 'value' attribute of an <option> element when using the .val() function.

With the following code

$('<option />').val('48a1b555-4015-498d-ac91-78aab2872364')

jQuery 1.5.2 gives a result of

<option value=​"48a1b555-4015-498d-ac91-78aab2872364">​</option>​

jQuery 1.6 gives a result of

<option>​</option>​

A workaround for the issue is to use

$('<option />').attr('value', '48a1b555-4015-498d-ac91-78aab2872364')

This has been reproduced on IE7 and Chrome.

[Rick Waldron]

Confirmed. cc'ing timmywil

[Timmy Willison]

Fix setting value attributes on option elements. Fixes #9071.

Changeset: 4ac2fdda2c26e9b64502b9ef50748427bed2f3c6

[ljharb@…]

Made this JSFiddle before realizing the ticket was fixed: ​http://jsfiddle.net/Fg8xL/1/

Will this fix make it into 1.6.1?

[Timmy Willison]

Yes it will: ​http://jsfiddle.net/timmywil/Fg8xL/2/