javascript - Jquery get form field value

Question

I am using a jquery template to dynamically generate multiple elements on the same page. Each element looks like this

<div id ="DynamicValueAssignedHere">
    <div class="something">Hello world</div>
    <div class="formdiv">
        <form name="inpForm">
            <input type="text" name="FirstName" />
            <input type="submit" value="Submit" />
        </form>
    </div>
</div>

I would like to use Jquery to process the form on submit. I would also like to revert the form values to their previous values if something should go wrong. My question is How can I get the value of input box using Jquery? For example, I can get the value of the div with class "something" by doing

var something = $(#DynamicValueAssignedHere).children(".something").html();

In a similar fashion, I want to be able to retrieve the value of the textbox. Right now, I tried

var text = $(#DynamicValueAssignedHere).children(".formdiv").findnext('input[name="FirstName"]').val();

but it doesn't seem to be working

Answer 1

You have to use value attribute to get its value

<input type="text" name="FirstName" value="First Name" />

try -

var text = $('#DynamicValueAssignedHere').find('input[name="FirstName"]').val();