Question

I am trying to access textbox value using the jQuery code;

$("#pg_textbox").val();

But it does not return the correct value in Firefox/Safari..

Even

$("#paging_textbox").attr("value") 

does not work..

In firefox debugger, it kind of says keyCode = 13, ...

But I want the actual value entered by the user..
Please help me. Thank you.

*Updated code

HTML

<input type="text" maxlength="5" size="2" value="1" id="paging_textbox">

JS

textValue = $("#paging_textbox").attr("value");
alert(textValue);

Answer 1

Check the id/name of your text box.

HTML:

<input type="textbox" id="pg_textbox" name="pg_textbox" value="Hello!" />
<input type="button" id="GetValue" name="GetValue" value="Get Value" />

Javascript:

$("#GetValue").click(function() {
  alert( $("#pg_textbox").val() ); 
});

Try to check this sample on jsFiddle.