From this question, I came up with an alternate way to access the currently selected input when you're within a click event for its respective label. The reason why is because the newly selected input isn't updated until after its label's click event.
TL;DR
$('label').click(function() {
var selected = $('#' + $(this).attr('for')).val();
...
});
$(function() {
// this outright does not work properly as explained above
$('#reported label').click(function() {
var query = $('input[name="filter"]:checked').val();
var time = (new Date()).toString();
$('.query[data-method="click event"]').html(query + ' at ' + time);
});
// this works, but fails to update when same label is clicked consecutively
$('#reported input[name="filter"]').on('change', function() {
var query = $('input[name="filter"]:checked').val();
var time = (new Date()).toString();
$('.query[data-method="change event"]').html(query + ' at ' + time);
});
// here is the solution I came up with
$('#reported label').click(function() {
var query = $('#' + $(this).attr('for')).val();
var time = (new Date()).toString();
$('.query[data-method="click event with this"]').html(query + ' at ' + time);
});
});
input[name="filter"] {
display: none;
}
#reported label {
background-color: #ccc;
padding: 5px;
margin: 5px;
border-radius: 5px;
cursor: pointer;
}
.query {
padding: 5px;
margin: 5px;
}
.query:before {
content: "on " attr(data-method)": ";
}
[data-method="click event"] {
color: red;
}
[data-method="change event"] {
color: #cc0;
}
[data-method="click event with this"] {
color: green;
}
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<form id="reported">
<input type="radio" name="filter" id="question" value="questions" checked="checked">
<label for="question">Questions</label>
<input type="radio" name="filter" id="answer" value="answers">
<label for="answer">Answers</label>
<input type="radio" name="filter" id="comment" value="comments">
<label for="comment">Comments</label>
<input type="radio" name="filter" id="user" value="users">
<label for="user">Users</label>
<input type="radio" name="filter" id="company" value="companies">
<label for="company">Companies</label>
<div class="query" data-method="click event"></div>
<div class="query" data-method="change event"></div>
<div class="query" data-method="click event with this"></div>
</form>
