JQuery get Value of an Element: onfocus="inputInlineHint(self);"
<p>i have an input field which calls the function "inputInlineHint(self)" on blur and on focus.
It also passes self...</p>

<pre><code>&lt;input type="text" id="one" class="textbox" value="Your Name" onfocus="inputInlineHint(self);" onblur="inputInlineHint(self);" /&gt;
</code></pre>

<p>Now i'd like to retrieve the current value of the field:</p>

<pre><code>function inputInlineHint(e) {

  var theValue = '';

  //Now i need to retrieve the value... but how?
}
</code></pre>

<p>I hope you guys can help me with that... should be pretty basic but i'm new to jquery.</p>

<p>Thanks in advance!</p>
