jQuery 1.6, changed its .val() behavior?

Question

In jQuery 1.6, it seems to me that the .val() function has been changed since jQuery 1.5.2.

When I call it on a select's option to get a value, now I get the text. For example:

<option value="1">john</option>

When I call:

$('select').val();

with jQuery 1.5.2 I get 1 while with jQuery 1.6 I get john

I know they changed behavior of .attr() and introduced .prop(), but at this link I'm not able to find anything about .val().

Here is an example that shows this difference and what I've tried so far to get the option's value. Switch from jQuery 1.6 to jQuery 1.5.2 to see.

How do I get an option's value with jQuery 1.6?

Answer 1

Your mistake in your jsfiddle example is to use val to create the value, for this you should rather use attr('value', id). Then val() still works as expected, the same as in previous versions, and you can get the option value with it.

http://jsfiddle.net/KFDWm/5/