If your first <option> element has an empty value attribute, you can
do this:
$('select').change(function(){
alert($(this).val());
$(this).val('');
});
- jason
On Mar 24, 2:16 pm, Ashley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have a select which pops a modal (with blockUI) input when a select
> is changed. The modal is an Ajax mini-form with an "update" and a
> "cancel."
>
> The update works great but for cancel I need to be able to roll back
> the change() to the selection or else it appears from the user's
> perspective that it changed. I can't figure it out without going to a
> hacky hardcoded solution.
>
> $(".myType").change(function(){
> // ... installing all my stuff; everything works
> // except reverting to selection before onchange
>
> });
>
> I've played around with $(this).attr("defaultValue") and $(this)
> [0].defaultValue but the select elements appear to have no
> defaultValue (in tests too).
>
> Ideas?
