You forgot an important part of the line
origFormData[this.name] = $(this);
and this is you need to store the value, so
origFormData[this.name] = $(this).val();
and on your other topic, the code was also provided to revert the
value back to the saved value
On Mar 10, 1:36 pm, Brad <nrmlcrpt...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have a need to reset individual form objects to their original
> state. When the document loads I save the element like this:
>
> var origFormData = {};
>
> $(document).ready(function(){
>
> // Save original form data for each input field
> $(":input").each(function(){
> origFormData[this.name] = $(this);
> });
>
> });
>
> For example I have a form with fields named name, age, and dept
> selectable by $("#name"), $("#age"), and $("#dept") respectably.
>
> How would I go about later restoring/resetting a specific field. Is
> there a simple way to overwrite the object represented by $("#name)
> with origFormData.name?
