jQuery .attr('value', 'new_value') not working?

Question

I am trying to dynamically change the actual HTML value attribute of an input using jQuery. Although using input.attr(\'value\', \'myNewVal\'); wor

Answer 1

They responses that inform you to use the .val("value") method are correct, the only way that I know of to see these changes (in the source) is using the Firefox Web Developer Plugin and clicking "View Source" -> "View Generated Source". This shows the source after DOM manipulation (i.e. calls to the .val() method) have occurred, I use it a lot when working with functions/methods that modify DOM elements.

So to recap: [#input_id = ID of your input field]

$("#input_id").val("new value");

Then use the plugin to view the generated source and you will see the updated value.