Selecting an element by a class using javascript or jQuery

Question

I have the following html snippit;

<input name='first' class="foo" />
<input name='second' class="foo bar" />
<input name='third' class="foo" />

I want to set the value of a specific element, but i'm unable to select the right one. This is whar i've tried:

jQuery('.bar').val('selected');

Dennis Martinez · Accepted Answer · 2012-12-11 13:47:45Z

1

Seems to be working fine, make sure you are running on dom ready.

$(function() {
    $('.bar').val('selected');
});

answered Dec 11, 2012 at 13:47

Dennis Martinez

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