Showing data in an html area by another areas id and value

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I am currently trying to get a value of another area via id to append in the #delivery_prices section. What is the correct way to do this?

#shipping_methods is a dropdown #delivery_price is a div

$('#delivery_price').html($('#shipping_methods').val());

Is your code in a document ready call? Are you getting any errors in the console? What you have seems fine, so a jsFiddle might help. — j08691, Nov 13 '13 at 18:11

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:19

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Don't use val() method for containers like span, div, td ... Use html() or text() methods

$('#delivery_price').html($('#shipping_methods').html());

Read this to have a better explanation about difference between val and text.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:19

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answered Nov 13 '13 at 18:07

OlivierH

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How do you know what type of element shipping_methods is? – j08691 Nov 13 '13 at 18:08
thanks, but I have a dropdown with – Jess McKenzie Nov 13 '13 at 18:08
@j08691 He talks about "area", i guess it is `div` or another container – OlivierH Nov 13 '13 at 18:08

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