Question

I am trying to get the value of a textbox which is initially hidden through css and is displayed using simple jquery… Now i want to get the value of the textbox that is initially hidden… the code is as below :

$("#reply_send").click(function (e) {
    e.preventDefault();
    var name = $('#reply_name').val();
    alert(name);
});

but this returns undefined. How do i get to get that value ?

Answer 1

You probably have an HTML error as this seems to be working fine. Assuming your textarea has an id of reply_name, then you will be able to retrieve the value with $(‘#reply_name’).val();.

check this out: Fiddle

$(document).ready(function(){
    $('#show').click(function(){
        $('div').show();        
    });
    $('#reply_send').click(function(){
      var name= $('#reply_name').val();
      alert(name);            
    });
});​