I think you want attr("value") for the value in the dom, vs ,val() for the current contents.
defaultValue is a shortcut to get to the defined value from the html.... I haven't used it but I have seen similar things with form items. On 4/21/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
While i can acces a default value of an input field by: field.defaultValue i can't access it by $(field).attr('defaultValue') All other attributes i can acces via the .attr() method but not this one. Can it be added?
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