jooskim / jquery-selectutility

This small jQuery plugin lets you easily fetch database-safe value or human-readable text from a select element.

jquery-selectutility

Retrieve machine-readable (database safe) value from Select node

• Signatures

  • $(select element).mrValue();

  • $(select element).mrValue(domAttributeWhereMachineReadableValueIsSaved);

    • domAttributeWhereMachineReadableValueIsSaved defaults to 'data-value' if not specified as shown in the first signature

    • $('select#test').mrValue('data-somecustomname');

  • $(select element).mrValue(domAttributeWhereMachineReadableValueIsSaved, humanReadableOptionText);

    • If not specified, humanReadableOptionText will take its value from the option element currently selected
    • $('select#test').mrValue('data-value', 'Something Below the Currently Selected Option');

• Return Values

  • Returns String when a match is found. If not, -1 is returned

Retrieve human-readable value from Select node based on machine-readable value

• Signatures

  • $(select element).hrValue(domAttributeWhereMachineReadableValueIsSaved, machineReadableText);

    • $('select#test').hrValue('data-value', 'value_from_db');

• Return Values

  • Returns String when a match is found. If not, -1 is returned