JQuery: Get original input value

Question

Is it possible to get the initial value of a form input field?

For example:

Answer 1

The DOM element has the attribute "value" which you can access by:

element.getAttribute('value');

... which may be different from the element's property value.

Demo

Note that you may call .setAttribute('value', 'new value') which will actually affect any form.reset() that is called after.