Added support for all types of elements (not just inputs)

[ntziolis]

Hi,

since i needed it for one of my projects I extended the current functionality to also be able to handle non input fields (read only that is).

Its a minor change in the 'setValue' method. Basically instead of using the given field it now analyzes the target by getting the tag name of the target. Based on this tag name the field is determined within the newly created 'getField' method.

The addition is made in a way that it should not break any existing code. It might be necessary to add additional tags to the switch statement in the 'getField' method though. Right now it will default back to using 'html' as field if the tag was not a recognized one.

[Dhodaalaa]

I understand this is over a year old, but in case somebody is still monitoring this thread: In the setValue() function, in the else clause, shouldn't you do target[field] = value instead of $(target).data(field, value)? My understanding is that if you landed into the else clause you already know that the target of the change is a Javascript object and not a DOM element, so $(target) doesn't give you any benefit other than to make an array out of the target object. Also .data simply adds a .data field to the object and stores the field/value pair there instead of overwriting the value of the existing field in the target object.

Am I missing something?