Open Typel opened 8 years ago
:+1: -- @Typel thanks for the thorough description .. i was able to solve a related issue with this
+1 I think .value must returns selectedItem.value if passed or selectedItem.textContent if not. Similar to native
Under current specs, I don't see that there is any way to retrieve the selected value at all - only its label. Does anybody know of a workaround?
This is a pending PR for this, but it hasn't been checked yet and it may never be accepted or it may be changed in the meantime.
For my own app, I am currently monkey-patching it... https://github.com/PolymerElements/paper-dropdown-menu/pull/195
If you do go for the money-patching way, make sure you use the snippet in the PR, since it's the latest incarnation.
value
property is misleading as it does not report the value of the selected paper-item, but rather its innerHTML (label).In this scenario:
Using this:
document.querySelector('#test').value
Returns:selectedItemLabel
Given its name, I would have expected the
.value
property to report the selected paper-item's value (selectedItemValue in the example) rather than its label. It is documented as such, so I assume this is an intentional decision, but shouldn't there be a similar readonly property which actually looks up its value as well? Might I suggest selectedItemValue?