change event not working for a textbox when the value is assigned externally

Question

I have a textbox and a button. When I click the button, it sets certain value in the textbox. I want to submit the page whenever the value of the textbox is changed.

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Answer 1

You're changing the value of .set programatically, so the event doesn't fire. You have to trigger it manually:

$('.set').val('Why am I not getting the alert saying  - Changed! ').change();