I have a
<input type='text' id='text' value='' />
How do I programmatically set the value attrribute using JQuery/Javascript
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4 Answers
The simple easy way is:
$("#text").val ("foo");
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It's as easy as this:
$("#text").attr("value", "some value");
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Max Schmeling
What did I get downvoted for? My answer is correct, even if it isn't the absolute shortest way to do it.
Dave Archer
dunno, and asker should be aware that your solution can be used for any attributes
redsquare
not sure however .val is quicker and preferred route than the attr.
Max Schmeling
Yeah, I understand that. I just didn't know it existed (so I learned something). I just think it's kind of dumb for someone to downvote an answer that is correct.
Dave Archer
@redsquare('.yourFirstComment') I agree completely that val() should be (is) the preferred route (no magic strings etc). I thought it is interesting enough to point out to the asker who probably is quite new to jquery
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The Javascript would be:
document.getElementById('text').value = 'Blahblah';
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In jQuery, you'd do it like this:
$("#text").val("my new value");
You might also want to read the jQuery documentation on this topic
Without jQuery:
document.getElementById("text").setAttribute("value", "my new value");
Hope that helps.
