How do I identify empty textboxes using jQuery? I would like to do it using selectors if it is at all possible. Also, I must select on id since in the real code where I want to use this I don't want to select all text inputs.
In my following two code examples the first one accurately displays the value typed into the textbox "txt2" by the user. The second example identifies that there is an empty textbox, but if you fill it in it still regards it as empty. Why is this?
Can this be done using just selectors?
This code reports the value in textbox "txt2":
<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.3.2/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(function() {
$('#cmdSubmit').click(function() {
alert($('[id=txt2]').val());
});
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form>
<input type="text" name="txt1" id="txt1" value="123" /><br />
<input type="text" name="txt2" id="txt2" value="" /><br />
<input type="text" name="txt3" id="txt3" value="abc" /><br />
<input type="submit" name="cmdSubmit" id='cmdSubmit' value="Send" /><br />
</form>
</body>
</html>
This code always reports textbox "txt2" as empty:
<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.3.2/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(function() {
$('#cmdSubmit').click(function() {
if($('[id^=txt][value=""]').length > 0) {
if (!confirm("Are you sure you want to submit empty fields?")) {
if (event.preventDefault) {
event.preventDefault();
}
else {
event.returnValue = false;
}
}
}
});
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form>
<input type="text" name="txt1" id="txt1" value="123" /><br />
<input type="text" name="txt2" id="txt2" value="" /><br />
<input type="text" name="txt3" id="txt3" value="abc" /><br />
<input type="submit" name="cmdSubmit" id='cmdSubmit' value="Send" /><br />
</form>
</body>
</html>