Question

i have an input field which calls the function “inputInlineHint(self)” on blur and on focus.
It also passes self…

<input type="text" id="one" class="textbox" value="Your Name" onfocus="inputInlineHint(self);" onblur="inputInlineHint(self);" />

Now i’d like to retrieve the current value of the field:

function inputInlineHint(e) {

  var theValue = '';

  //Now i need to retrieve the value... but how?
}

I hope you guys can help me with that… should be pretty basic but i’m new to jquery.

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

1. Pass this not self. self is undefined.
2. Rename the variable from e to something else. e is traditionally used to receive an event object, but you aren’t assigning the function as an event handler
3. whatever_you_renamed_e_to.value