Retrieve Button value with jQuery

Question

A simple one, I\'m trying to retrieve the value attribute of a button when its been pressed using jQuery, here\'s what I have:

Answer 1

Inspired by postpostmodern I have made this, to make .val() work throughout my javascript code:

jQuery(function($) {

    if($.browser.msie) {
        // Fixes a know issue, that buttons value is overwritten with the text

        // Someone with more jQuery experience can probably tell me
        // how not to polute jQuery.fn here:
        jQuery.fn._orig_val = jQuery.fn.val

        jQuery.fn.val = function(value) {
            var elem = $(this);
            var html
            if(elem.attr('type') == 'button') {
                // if button, hide button text while getting val()
                html = elem.html()
                elem.html('')
            }
            // Use original function
            var result = elem._orig_val(value);
            if(elem.attr('type') == 'button') {
                elem.html(html)
            }
            return result;
        }
    }
})

It does however, not solve the submit problem, solved by postpostmodern. Perhaps this could be included in postpostmodern's solution here: http://gist.github.com/251287