jquery core: closes #3241. The 'length' property isn't set to jQuery's prototype...

[jquery.git] / src / core.js

diff --git a/src/core.js b/src/core.js
index c095f74..bcb9af8 100644 (file)
--- a/src/core.js
+++ b/src/core.js
@@ -90,9 +90,6 @@ jQuery.fn = jQuery.prototype = {
                return this.length;
        },
 
-       // The number of elements contained in the matched element set
-       length: 0,
-
        // Get the Nth element in the matched element set OR
        // Get the whole matched element set as a clean array
        get: function( num ) {
@@ -357,11 +354,13 @@ jQuery.fn = jQuery.prototype = {
        },
 
        val: function( value ) {
-               if ( value == undefined ) {
-
-                       if ( this.length ) {
-                               var elem = this[0];
+               if ( value == undefined ) {                     
+                       var elem = this[0];
 
+                       if ( elem ) {
+                               if( jQuery.nodeName( elem, 'option' ) )
+                                       return (elem.attributes.value || {}).specified ? elem.value : elem.text;
+                               
                                // We need to handle select boxes special
                                if ( jQuery.nodeName( elem, "select" ) ) {
                                        var index = elem.selectedIndex,
@@ -379,7 +378,7 @@ jQuery.fn = jQuery.prototype = {
 
                                                if ( option.selected ) {
                                                        // Get the specifc value for the option
-                                                       value = jQuery.browser.msie && !option.attributes.value.specified ? option.text : option.value;
+                                                       value = jQuery(option).val();
 
                                                        // We don't need an array for one selects
                                                        if ( one )
@@ -390,11 +389,11 @@ jQuery.fn = jQuery.prototype = {
                                                }
                                        }
 
-                                       return values;
+                                       return values;                          
+                               }
 
                                // Everything else, we just grab the value
-                               } else
-                                       return (this[0].value || "").replace(/\r/g, "");
+                               return (elem.value || "").replace(/\r/g, "");
 
                        }