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

This may be slightly off topic, but I have found that when I use the .data() function in jQuery, the value is set correctly, but the change isn't reflected in developer tools.

So,

$('#element').data('to-update', 'newValue')

In the developer tools (Elements view) still shows the old value.

But

$('#element').data('to-update')

returns 'newValue'