Clear text field value in JQuery

Question

I understand this is an easy question but for some reason this just isn\'t working for me. I have a function that is triggered everytime a drop down menu is changed. Here

Answer 1

you can clear it by using this line

$('#TextBoxID').val("");

Answer 2

We can use this for text clear

$('input[name="message"]').val("");  

Answer 3

doc_val_check == "";   // == is equality check operator

should be

doc_val_check = "";    // = is assign operator. you need to set empty value

                       // so you need =

You can write you full code like this:

var doc_val_check = $.trim( $('#doc_title').val() ); // take value of text 
                                                     // field using .val()
    if (doc_val_check.length) {
        doc_val_check = ""; // this will not update your text field
    }

To update you text field with a "" you need to try

$('#doc_title').attr('value', doc_val_check); 
// or 
$('doc_title').val(doc_val_check);

But I think you don't need above process.

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In short, just one line

$('#doc_title').val("");

Note

.val() use to set/ get value in text field. With parameter it acts as setter and without parameter acts as getter.

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