jQuery change input text value

Question

I can t find the right selector for    lt input maxlength  6  size  6  id  colorpickerField1  name  sitebg  value   EEEEEE  type  text  gt    I want to change the value to   000000  I need the selector to find the  name  not the id of the text input   Shouldn t this work       text sitebg   val  000000      The presented solution does not work  what s the problem with this     getJSON  http   www mysitehere org wp-content themes ctr-theme update genform php  function data            form1   append data sitebg          input sitebg   val  000000          The JSON data is working correctly  the idea is to later pass the JSON values into the form input text values  But is not working

User · Answer

jQuery way to change value on text input field is:

$('#colorpickerField1').attr('value', '#000000')

this will change attribute value for the DOM element with ID #colorpickerField1 from #EEEEEE to #000000

User · Answer

When set the new value of element  you need call trigger change      element   val newValue  trigger  change

User · Answer

Best practice is using the identify directly       id   val  xxx

User · Answer

no  you need to do something like      input sitebg   val  000000      but you should really be using unique IDs if you can   You can also get more specific  such as       input type text  sitebg   val  000000      EDIT   do this to find your input based on the name attribute      input name sitebg    val  000000

User · Answer

Just adding to Jason s answer  the   selector is only for classes   If you want to select something other than the element  id  or class  you need to wrap it in square brackets   e g      element attr val

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