How to get element value in jQuery

Question

Why is it not returning value in 'li'? What am i doing wrong?

$("#list li").click(function() {     var selected = $(this).val();     alert(selected); }) 

Answer 1

Did you want the HTML or text that is inside the li tag?

If so, use either:

$(this).html() 

or:

$(this).text() 

The val() is for form fields only.

Answer 2

<ul id="unOrderedList"> <li value="2">Whatever</li> . .     $('#unOrderedList li').click(function(){       var value = $(this).attr('value');      alert(value);    }); 

Your looking for the attribute "value" inside the "li" tag