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David Gard
David Gard

Reputation: 12087

jQuery will not read value of input within hidden <div>

I have an input -

<input id="post_name" type="text" value="123" name="post_name">

This input is contained within a <div> that is hidden when the page loads, and jQuery will not retrieve the value of the input -

var current_name = $('input[name="post_name"]').val();

I can read the rest of the object, and get attirbutes such as name and id, but the value is eluding me. Is this a jQuery bug, or am I missing something?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1701

Answers (2)

David Gard
David Gard

Reputation: 12087

The answer here is depressingly simple - I accidently duplicated to ID and name that I was using for the input earlier in my code, so it was that which was being picked up by the jQuery.

The lesson I've learned - don't be a donut! And check your code to ensure that selector IDs and input names are not duplicated.

Upvotes: 0

bipen
bipen

Reputation: 36551

why don't you use 'id' to get the values instead of name... i think that shuold work try this out..

//execute this function whn document is ready
$(document).ready(function() {
//get the val from id
var current_name =$('#post_name').val();
alert(current_name); //alert and see if u getting the value.
});

Upvotes: 2

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