Question

Just discovered the jQuery :contains() selector and would like to use it however the text to find is on a label attribute and I want the following code to effect the corresponding input.

<input type="radio" name="Opt2031" id="OptID20312026" value="1" /><label style="cursor:pointer" for="OptID20312026">Equipment Hire</label>

So what I want to do is get labels that contain equipment hire $("label:contains('Equipment Hire')"); and then if the do change the value of the associating input $('#OptID20312026').val('14')

Answer 1

Try:

var labelFor = $("label:contains('Equipment Hire')").attr("for");
$("#" + labelFor).val('14');