Check whether specific radio button is checked

Question

I\'m having trouble after looking at the jQuery docs. I\'m just trying to return true/false in one my my jquery methods depending on the check of a certain radiobutton and

Answer 1

I think you're using the wrong approach. You should set the value attribute of your input elements. Check the docs for .val() for examples of setting and returning the .val() of input elements.

ie.

return $('input:radio[name=testGroup]:checked').val() == 'test2';