Select box manipulation with jQuery - new plugin: selectedValues

A new plugin has been added for getting the values of options selected in a select box. More details and download from the Select Box Manipulation project page at the jQuery site.

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rob70 said…
Tried to find an email address for you and couldn't.

FYI:
This plugin has a bug that causes options with duplicate values not to render.

only one of the following options will render:

var dArray = {"none":"one","none":"two"]
7:55 pm, February 14, 2008
Sam said…
I am just using the built in method in jQuery for getting selected options, i.e.

$("#myselect option:selected")

You should be able to get the duplicates with a slight tweak:

$.fn.selectedValues = function()
{
  var v = [];
  this.find("option").each(
    function()
    {
      if(this.selected) v[v.length] = this.value;
    }
  );
  return v;
};

Although why would have multiple options with the same value? Perhaps file this as a bug in jQuery?
http://dev.jquery.com/newticket/
11:23 am, February 19, 2008
rob70 said…
Actually, the error doesn't occur when getting selected values, it occurs when rendering the values from an array using addOption:

var dArray = {"none":"one","none":"two"]
$("#selectBox").addOption(dArray,false);
9:55 pm, February 20, 2008
panrick said…
I'm using the selectboxes plugin and am seeing 'odd' behavior after calling sortOptions. Is there some way to contact you about what I am seeing?

I have test page and I can send you the url if you like.

Briefly, what I am seeing is that after calling sortOptions a call to addOptions to change the text of an existing option renames the wrong option. Please let me know if I can send you the url for the example. Thank you.
6:23 pm, August 09, 2008
Sam said…
That can occur if you have multiple options with the same value.

You can change values the plain jQuery way: $("#myselect").find("option[value=a]").attr("text","I am a")

Although you may still get the same problem with duplication values.
12:39 pm, August 12, 2008
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