Question

I’ve got a simple select input and I’m using jQuery’s .val() to get the selection from it.

For some reason, it is throwing a “Object doesn’t support this property or method” error in Internet Explorer 8, the first error I’ve ever seen jQuery actaully throw.

I’ve replicated this error at http://jsfiddle.net/gWvwS

What am I doing wrong? Seems pretty straight forward to me…

Answer 1

Your document contains an element with name display_entry_form. In IE, named elements are globally accessible through their name. So, you have to either use var (to declare a new, local variable^{[Need verification]}), or choose another name.

var other_name = $('#display_entry_form').val();
alert(other_name);

Fiddle http://jsfiddle.net/gWvwS/5/