jQuery textbox.val('xxxx') not causing change to fire?

Question

I have the following jQuery code in place on my page:

var isChanged = false;
$(document).ready(function()
{
    $(\'.change\').change(function() {
        is         


        

Answer 1

That's the way it works. If you need the change of value to trigger the "change" event, you can explicitly do so by:

$('input#whatever').val('hi').change();