https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/accessing-form-elements-programmatically Gravity Support Forums Topic: Accessing Form Elements Programmatically en-US Mon, 20 Apr 2026 06:45:19 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 q https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/search.php https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/accessing-form-elements-programmatically#post-57566 Thu, 03 May 2012 09:05:14 +0000 etrakdev 57566@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Just a quick follow-up for others running into this issue:</p> <p>A quick search shows that the proper syntax should be:</p> <p>var qtyProduct = jQuery('input[name="input_5_3"]').val();</p> <p>Note the single and double quotation marks. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/accessing-form-elements-programmatically#post-57564 Thu, 03 May 2012 08:51:39 +0000 etrakdev 57564@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Yeah, I had tried that, too, but there must be a syntax error with the element name reference "Syntax error, unrecognized expression: [name=input_5.3]".</p> <p>I'll keep digging. Thanks for your input, Kyle. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/accessing-form-elements-programmatically#post-57550 Thu, 03 May 2012 07:03:49 +0000 kyle 57550@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Use jQuery instead of $</p> <p>That is the standard way of using jQuery in WordPress.</p> <p><code>var qtyProduct = jQuery(&quot;input[name=input_5_3]&quot;).val();</code> </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/accessing-form-elements-programmatically#post-57531 Wed, 02 May 2012 22:07:26 +0000 etrakdev 57531@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>I need to access and update fields, such as quantity from a product field, from the Javascript function gform_product_total. I've tried doing it with something like:</p> <p>var qtyProduct = $("input[name=input_5.3]").val();</p> <p>However, this throws an error "$ is not a function".</p> <p>What is the right way of referencing form element values from within that function? </p>