jquery core: closes #2652. val() supports option elements, also simplified the code.

src/core.js

@@ -362,6 +362,9 @@ jQuery.fn = jQuery.prototype = {
 			if ( this.length ) {
 				var elem = this[0];
 
+				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 +382,7 @@ 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 )

test/index.html

@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@
 				<option id="option3b" selected="selected" value="1">1</option>
 				<option id="option3c" selected="selected" value="2">2</option>
 				<option id="option3d" value="3">3</option>
+				<option id="option3e">no value</option>
 			</select>
 			
 			<object id="object1" codebase="stupid">

test/unit/core.js

@@ -1142,11 +1142,23 @@ test("jQuery.extend(Object, Object)", function() {
 });
 
 test("val()", function() {
-	expect(3);
+	expect(8);
+
 	equals( jQuery("#text1").val(), "Test", "Check for value of input element" );
 	// ticket #1714 this caused a JS error in IE
 	equals( jQuery("#first").val(), "", "Check a paragraph element to see if it has a value" );
 	ok( jQuery([]).val() === undefined, "Check an empty jQuery object will return undefined from val" );
+	
+	equals( jQuery('#select2').val(), '3', 'Call val() on a single="single" select' );
+
+	isSet( jQuery('#select3').val(), ['1', '2'], 'Call val() on a multiple="multiple" select' );
+
+	equals( jQuery('#option3c').val(), '2', 'Call val() on a option element with value' );
+	
+	equals( jQuery('#option3a').val(), '', 'Call val() on a option element with empty value' );
+	
+	equals( jQuery('#option3e').val(), 'no value', 'Call val() on a option element with no value attribute' );
+	
 });
 
 test("val(String/Number)", function() {
@@ -1235,7 +1247,7 @@ test("not()", function() {
 	isSet( jQuery("p").not("#ap, #sndp, .result").get(), q("firstp", "en", "sap", "first"), "not('selector, selector')" );
 	isSet( jQuery("p").not(jQuery("#ap, #sndp, .result")).get(), q("firstp", "en", "sap", "first"), "not(jQuery)" );
 	equals( jQuery("p").not(document.getElementsByTagName("p")).length, 0, "not(Array-like DOM collection)" );
-	isSet( jQuery("#form option").not("option.emptyopt:contains('Nothing'),[selected],[value='1']").get(), q("option1c", "option1d", "option2c", "option3d" ), "not('complex selector')");
+	isSet( jQuery("#form option").not("option.emptyopt:contains('Nothing'),[selected],[value='1']").get(), q("option1c", "option1d", "option2c", "option3d", "option3e" ), "not('complex selector')");
 
 	var selects = jQuery("#form select");
 	isSet( selects.not( selects[1] ), q("select1", "select3"), "filter out DOM element");

test/unit/selector.js

@@ -195,8 +195,8 @@ test("pseudo (:) selectors", function() {
 	t( "Text Contains", "a:contains('Google Groups')", ["groups"] );
 	t( "Element Preceded By", "p ~ div", ["foo","fx-queue","fx-tests", "moretests"] );
 	t( "Not", "a.blog:not(.link)", ["mark"] );
-	t( "Not - multiple", "#form option:not(:contains('Nothing'),#option1b,:selected)", ["option1c", "option1d", "option2b", "option2c", "option3d"] );
-	t( "Not - complex", "#form option:not([id^='opt']:gt(0):nth-child(-n+3))", [ "option1a", "option1d", "option2d", "option3d"] );
+	t( "Not - multiple", "#form option:not(:contains('Nothing'),#option1b,:selected)", ["option1c", "option1d", "option2b", "option2c", "option3d", "option3e"] );
+	t( "Not - complex", "#form option:not([id^='opt']:gt(0):nth-child(-n+3))", [ "option1a", "option1d", "option2d", "option3d", "option3e"] );
 	t( "Not - recursive", "#form option:not(:not(:selected))[id^='option3']", [ "option3b", "option3c"] );
 	
 	t( "nth Element", "p:nth(1)", ["ap"] );