Question

I have been using this to determine if an object is a “text” or not so I can get the .val or the checked state:

var val = object.is(":text") ? object.val() : object.is(":checked")

This works BUT now the object might also be:

1. From a select
2. From an input field
3. From a checkbox

Is there another way I could code this so it would also work for a select?

Answer 1

The easiest way is to switch the logic around and take the .val() if the object is not a checkbox.

var val = object.is(":checkbox") ? object.is(":checked") : object.val();