.prop() VS .val() .Setting an input text value with jQuery

Question

After reading (the interesting) .prop() vs .attr() and jQuery Performance : attributes doubt arise in my mind about what is better to use: .prop() or .val() ? I want to set

Answer 1

The other answers explain the main differences pretty well with one exception.

Since jQuery "normalizes" browser differences val() removes carriage returns.

This affects textareas in IE 8 and below.

Example: For the textarea input of

HEL


LO

.val() gives you the string "HEL\n\nLO" and a length of 7

.prop("value") gives you the string "HEL\r\n\r\nLO" with a length of 9