Set value of textarea in jQuery

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I am attempting to set a value in a textarea field using jquery with the following code      textarea ExampleMessage   attr  value   result exampleMessage     The issue is  once this code executes  it is not altering the text in the textarea   However when performing an alert    textarea ExampleMessage   attr  value    the newly set value is returned

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I think this should work       textarea ExampleMessage   val result exampleMessage

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Textarea has no value attribute  its value comes between tags  i e   lt textarea gt my text lt  textarea gt   it is not like the input field   lt input value  my text    gt    That s why attr doesn t work

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You can even use the below snippet      textarea ExampleMessage   append result exampleMessage

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In my condition i had this input in iframe  any of the above resolve my problem but this   I just solve it like in this way       myId   0  value  quot MY VALUE quot    My input field    lt textarea name  quot cmyInput quot  rows  quot 2 quot  cols  quot 20 quot  id  quot myId quot  class  quot nd quot  ignoreautotab  quot 1 quot  gt  lt  textarea gt

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There the problem   I need to generate html code from the contain of a given div  Then  I have to put this raw html code in a textarea  When I use the function   textarea  val   like this     textarea  val  quot some html like  lt  input type  text  value    style  quot background  url  http   www w com bg gif   repeat-x center  quot    gt  bla bla quot     or     idTxtArGenHtml   val     idDivMain   html       I had problem with some special character    amp     quot    when they are between quot  But when I use the function     textarea  html   the text is ok  There an example form    lt FORM id  quot idFormContact quot  name  quot nFormContact quot  action  quot send php quot  method  quot post quot    gt       lt FIELDSET id  quot idFieldContact quot  class  quot CMainFieldset quot  gt           lt LEGEND gt Test your newsletter amp raquo   lt  LEGEND gt            lt p gt Send to  amp agrave     lt input id  idInpMailList  type  text  value  youremail gmail com    gt  lt  p gt           lt FIELDSET  class  quot CChildFieldset quot  gt               lt LEGEND gt Subject lt  LEGEND gt               lt LABEL for  quot idNomClient quot  class  quot CInfoLabel quot  gt Enter the subject    amp nbsp lt  LABEL gt  lt BR  gt             lt INPUT value  quot  quot  name  quot nSubject quot  type  quot text quot  id  quot idSubject quot  class  quot CFormInput quot  alt  quot Enter the Subject quot   gt  lt BR  gt       lt  FIELDSET gt       lt FIELDSET  class  quot CChildFieldset quot  gt           lt INPUT id  quot idBtnGen quot  type  quot button quot  value  quot Generate quot  onclick  quot onGenHtml    quot   gt  amp nbsp  amp nbsp             lt INPUT id  quot idBtnSend quot  type  quot button quot  value  quot Send quot  onclick  quot onSend    quot   gt  lt BR  gt  lt BR  gt               lt LEGEND gt Message lt  LEGEND gt                   lt LABEL for  quot idTxtArGenHtml quot  class  quot CInfoLabel quot  gt Html code     amp nbsp lt  LABEL gt  lt BR  gt                   lt span gt  lt TEXTAREA  name  quot nTxtArGenHtml quot  id  quot idTxtArGenHtml quot  width  100   cols  quot 69 quot  rows  quot 300 quot  alt  quot enter your message quot   gt  lt  TEXTAREA gt  lt  span gt           lt  FIELDSET gt       lt  FIELDSET gt   lt  FORM gt   And javascript jquery code that don t work to fill the textarea is   function onGenHtml          idTxtArGenHtml   html     quot  idDivMain quot   html          Finaly the solution   function onGenHtml          idTxtArGenHtml   html     quot  idDivMain quot   html            idTxtArGenHtml   parent   replaceWith    lt span gt       idTxtArGenHtml   parent   html     lt  span gt        The trick is wrap your textarea with a span tag to help with the replaceWith function  I m not sure if it s very clean  but it s work perfect too add raw html code in a textarea

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textarea ExampleMessage   val   in jquery just a magic    You should notice that textarea tag using inner html to display and not in value attribute just like input tag    lt textarea gt blah blah lt  textarea gt   lt input type  text  value  blah blah   gt    You should use     textarea ExampleMessage   html result exampleMessage    or     textarea ExampleMessage   text result exampleMessage    depend on if you want to display it as html tags or plain text

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Just use this code and you will always have the value    var t     this   var v   t val      t html      t text       So it will check val   and set its value  If val   gets an empty string  NULL  NaN o s  it will check for html   and then for text

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Using    textarea ExampleMessage   html  whatever you want to put here    can be a good way  because  val   can have problems when you are using data from database   For example   A database field named as description has the following value asjkdfklasdjf sjkl  adf  In this case using  val   to assign value to textarea can be a tedious job

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Have you tried val      textarea ExampleMessage   val result exampleMessage

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On android  val and  html didn t work        id   text  some value     did the job

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I think this should work       textarea ExampleMessage   val result exampleMessage

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To set textarea value of encoded HTML  to show as HTML  you should use  html  the var   but as mentioned if you try and set it again it may  and probably  will not work   You can fix this by emptying the textarea  empty   and then setting it again with  html  the var    Here s a working JSFiddle  https   jsfiddle net w7b1thgw 2    x000D   x000D  jQuery function     x000D       x000D          load html   click function    x000D          var my var     this  data  my html    x000D              dynamic html   html  my var     x000D          x000D       x000D          clear html   click function    x000D              dynamic html   empty     x000D          x000D       x000D      x000D   lt script src  https   ajax googleapis com ajax libs jquery 1 11 1 jquery min js  gt  lt  script gt  x000D   lt textarea id  dynamic html  gt  lt  textarea gt  x000D   lt a id  google html  class  load html  href     data-my html   amp lt a href  amp quot google com amp quot  amp gt google com amp lt  a amp gt   gt Google HTML lt  a gt  x000D   lt a id  yahoo html  class  load html  href     data-my html   amp lt a href  amp quot yahoo com amp quot  amp gt yahoo com amp lt  a amp gt   gt Yahoo HTML lt  a gt  x000D   lt a id  clear html  href     gt Clear HTML lt  a gt  x000D   x000D   x000D

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I ve tried to set value   text   html using JQuery but was not successful  So I tried the following   In this case I was injecting new textarea element to a  after DOM created    var valueToDisplay   Your text here even with line breaks    var textBox     lt textarea class  form-control   gt    valueToDisplay    lt  textarea gt       td  html textBox

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I tried with  val    text    html   and had some bugs using jQuery to read or set value of a textarea    i endup using native js      message   blur function             if  this value          this value   msg greeting

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It works for me     I have built a face book wall     Here is the basis of my code        SETS MY TEXT AREA TO EMPTY  NO VALUE     textarea message wall   val

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Textarea has no value attribute  its value comes between tags  i e   lt textarea gt my text lt  textarea gt   it is not like the input field   lt input value  my text    gt    That s why attr doesn t work

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Just use textarea Id by its type like it      textarea samplID   val

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I think there is missing one important aspect       some-text-area   val  test      works only when there is an ID selector      for class selector there is an option to use native value like       some-text-area   0  value    test

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I ve used   textarea  val html text any str var  all worked for me  If you want to be sure that your variable as a string is added to the textarea  you can always concat like so     textarea  val unknown var          val   method is definitely used on textarea - see  https   api jquery com val    html   can be used to get or set the contents of any element - see  https   api jquery com html  html2   text   is the same as  html except this can be used to set XML content  see - https   api jquery com text  text-text  You can also read more about how each act upon special characters with each of those links

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This works   var t       taCommentSalesAdministration    t val  Hi      Remember  the tricky part here is making sure you use the correct ID  And before you use the ID make sure you put   before it

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I think there is missing one important aspect       some-text-area   val  test      works only when there is an ID selector      for class selector there is an option to use native value like       some-text-area   0  value    test

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Using    textarea ExampleMessage   html  whatever you want to put here    can be a good way  because  val   can have problems when you are using data from database   For example   A database field named as description has the following value asjkdfklasdjf sjkl  adf  In this case using  val   to assign value to textarea can be a tedious job

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To set textarea value of encoded HTML  to show as HTML  you should use  html  the var   but as mentioned if you try and set it again it may  and probably  will not work   You can fix this by emptying the textarea  empty   and then setting it again with  html  the var    Here s a working JSFiddle  https   jsfiddle net w7b1thgw 2    x000D   x000D  jQuery function     x000D       x000D          load html   click function    x000D          var my var     this  data  my html    x000D              dynamic html   html  my var     x000D          x000D       x000D          clear html   click function    x000D              dynamic html   empty     x000D          x000D       x000D      x000D   lt script src  https   ajax googleapis com ajax libs jquery 1 11 1 jquery min js  gt  lt  script gt  x000D   lt textarea id  dynamic html  gt  lt  textarea gt  x000D   lt a id  google html  class  load html  href     data-my html   amp lt a href  amp quot google com amp quot  amp gt google com amp lt  a amp gt   gt Google HTML lt  a gt  x000D   lt a id  yahoo html  class  load html  href     data-my html   amp lt a href  amp quot yahoo com amp quot  amp gt yahoo com amp lt  a amp gt   gt Yahoo HTML lt  a gt  x000D   lt a id  clear html  href     gt Clear HTML lt  a gt  x000D   x000D   x000D

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It works for me     I have built a face book wall     Here is the basis of my code        SETS MY TEXT AREA TO EMPTY  NO VALUE     textarea message wall   val

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I ve used   textarea  val html text any str var  all worked for me  If you want to be sure that your variable as a string is added to the textarea  you can always concat like so     textarea  val unknown var          val   method is definitely used on textarea - see  https   api jquery com val    html   can be used to get or set the contents of any element - see  https   api jquery com html  html2   text   is the same as  html except this can be used to set XML content  see - https   api jquery com text  text-text  You can also read more about how each act upon special characters with each of those links

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I think this should work       textarea ExampleMessage   val result exampleMessage

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When I had JQuery v1 4 4 in the page  neither of these worked   When injecting JQuery v1 7 1 into my page  it worked finally   So in my case  it was my JQuery version that was causing the issue   id     textareaid                           var script1   document createElement  script    script1 src    http   ajax googleapis com ajax libs jquery 1 7 1 jquery min js   document body appendChild script1    var script2   document createElement  script     script2 type    text javascript    script2 innerHTML    var  jq171     noConflict       document body appendChild script2     jq171   textareaid   val  xxx

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The accepted answer works for me  but only after I realized I had to execute my code after the page was finished loading   In this situation inline script didn t work  I guess because  my form wasn t done loading yet     document  ready function           my form textarea   val

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When I had JQuery v1 4 4 in the page  neither of these worked   When injecting JQuery v1 7 1 into my page  it worked finally   So in my case  it was my JQuery version that was causing the issue   id     textareaid                           var script1   document createElement  script    script1 src    http   ajax googleapis com ajax libs jquery 1 7 1 jquery min js   document body appendChild script1    var script2   document createElement  script     script2 type    text javascript    script2 innerHTML    var  jq171     noConflict       document body appendChild script2     jq171   textareaid   val  xxx

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In my condition i had this input in iframe  any of the above resolve my problem but this   I just solve it like in this way       myId   0  value  quot MY VALUE quot    My input field    lt textarea name  quot cmyInput quot  rows  quot 2 quot  cols  quot 20 quot  id  quot myId quot  class  quot nd quot  ignoreautotab  quot 1 quot  gt  lt  textarea gt

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You can even use the below snippet      textarea ExampleMessage   append result exampleMessage

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textarea doesn t store values as        lt textarea value  someString  gt    instead  it stores values in this format     lt textarea gt someString lt  textarea gt    So attr  value   someString   gets you this result     lt textarea value  someString  gt someOLDString lt  textarea gt     try     textareaid   val   or     textareaid   innerHTML instead

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There the problem   I need to generate html code from the contain of a given div  Then  I have to put this raw html code in a textarea  When I use the function   textarea  val   like this     textarea  val  quot some html like  lt  input type  text  value    style  quot background  url  http   www w com bg gif   repeat-x center  quot    gt  bla bla quot     or     idTxtArGenHtml   val     idDivMain   html       I had problem with some special character    amp     quot    when they are between quot  But when I use the function     textarea  html   the text is ok  There an example form    lt FORM id  quot idFormContact quot  name  quot nFormContact quot  action  quot send php quot  method  quot post quot    gt       lt FIELDSET id  quot idFieldContact quot  class  quot CMainFieldset quot  gt           lt LEGEND gt Test your newsletter amp raquo   lt  LEGEND gt            lt p gt Send to  amp agrave     lt input id  idInpMailList  type  text  value  youremail gmail com    gt  lt  p gt           lt FIELDSET  class  quot CChildFieldset quot  gt               lt LEGEND gt Subject lt  LEGEND gt               lt LABEL for  quot idNomClient quot  class  quot CInfoLabel quot  gt Enter the subject    amp nbsp lt  LABEL gt  lt BR  gt             lt INPUT value  quot  quot  name  quot nSubject quot  type  quot text quot  id  quot idSubject quot  class  quot CFormInput quot  alt  quot Enter the Subject quot   gt  lt BR  gt       lt  FIELDSET gt       lt FIELDSET  class  quot CChildFieldset quot  gt           lt INPUT id  quot idBtnGen quot  type  quot button quot  value  quot Generate quot  onclick  quot onGenHtml    quot   gt  amp nbsp  amp nbsp             lt INPUT id  quot idBtnSend quot  type  quot button quot  value  quot Send quot  onclick  quot onSend    quot   gt  lt BR  gt  lt BR  gt               lt LEGEND gt Message lt  LEGEND gt                   lt LABEL for  quot idTxtArGenHtml quot  class  quot CInfoLabel quot  gt Html code     amp nbsp lt  LABEL gt  lt BR  gt                   lt span gt  lt TEXTAREA  name  quot nTxtArGenHtml quot  id  quot idTxtArGenHtml quot  width  100   cols  quot 69 quot  rows  quot 300 quot  alt  quot enter your message quot   gt  lt  TEXTAREA gt  lt  span gt           lt  FIELDSET gt       lt  FIELDSET gt   lt  FORM gt   And javascript jquery code that don t work to fill the textarea is   function onGenHtml          idTxtArGenHtml   html     quot  idDivMain quot   html          Finaly the solution   function onGenHtml          idTxtArGenHtml   html     quot  idDivMain quot   html            idTxtArGenHtml   parent   replaceWith    lt span gt       idTxtArGenHtml   parent   html     lt  span gt        The trick is wrap your textarea with a span tag to help with the replaceWith function  I m not sure if it s very clean  but it s work perfect too add raw html code in a textarea

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We can either use  val   or  text   methods to set values  we need to put value inside val   like val  hello         document  ready function              submitbtn   click function            var inputVal       inputText   val              txtMessage   val inputVal                   Check example here  http   www codegateway com 2012 03 set-value-to-textarea-jquery html

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Have you tried val      textarea ExampleMessage   val result exampleMessage

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Adding to some great  answers above  in a case where you using multi-forms and the element NAME is what you want to target     textarea name ExampleMessageElName    val  Some Message here

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Just use this code and you will always have the value    var t     this   var v   t val      t html      t text       So it will check val   and set its value  If val   gets an empty string  NULL  NaN o s  it will check for html   and then for text

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We can either use  val   or  text   methods to set values  we need to put value inside val   like val  hello         document  ready function              submitbtn   click function            var inputVal       inputText   val              txtMessage   val inputVal                   Check example here  http   www codegateway com 2012 03 set-value-to-textarea-jquery html

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Have you tried val      textarea ExampleMessage   val result exampleMessage

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I ve tried to set value   text   html using JQuery but was not successful  So I tried the following   In this case I was injecting new textarea element to a  after DOM created    var valueToDisplay   Your text here even with line breaks    var textBox     lt textarea class  form-control   gt    valueToDisplay    lt  textarea gt       td  html textBox

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textarea doesn t store values as        lt textarea value  someString  gt    instead  it stores values in this format     lt textarea gt someString lt  textarea gt    So attr  value   someString   gets you this result     lt textarea value  someString  gt someOLDString lt  textarea gt     try     textareaid   val   or     textareaid   innerHTML instead

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I had same issue and this solution didn t work but what worked was to use html      your textarea id   html  some value

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The accepted answer works for me  but only after I realized I had to execute my code after the page was finished loading   In this situation inline script didn t work  I guess because  my form wasn t done loading yet     document  ready function           my form textarea   val

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Have you tried val      textarea ExampleMessage   val result exampleMessage

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textarea ExampleMessage   val   in jquery just a magic    You should notice that textarea tag using inner html to display and not in value attribute just like input tag    lt textarea gt blah blah lt  textarea gt   lt input type  text  value  blah blah   gt    You should use     textarea ExampleMessage   html result exampleMessage    or     textarea ExampleMessage   text result exampleMessage    depend on if you want to display it as html tags or plain text

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Text Area doesnot have value  jQuery  html   works in this case     textarea ExampleMessage   html result exampleMessage

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i had the same question so i decided to try it in the current browsers  we re one and a half year later in time after this question   and this   val  works     textarea ExampleMessage   val result exampleMessage      for   IE8  FF 3 6 FF4 Opera 11 Chrome 10

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i had the same question so i decided to try it in the current browsers  we re one and a half year later in time after this question   and this   val  works     textarea ExampleMessage   val result exampleMessage      for   IE8  FF 3 6 FF4 Opera 11 Chrome 10

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I had same issue and this solution didn t work but what worked was to use html      your textarea id   html  some value

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This works   var t       taCommentSalesAdministration    t val  Hi      Remember  the tricky part here is making sure you use the correct ID  And before you use the ID make sure you put   before it

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Adding to some great  answers above  in a case where you using multi-forms and the element NAME is what you want to target     textarea name ExampleMessageElName    val  Some Message here

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I tried with  val    text    html   and had some bugs using jQuery to read or set value of a textarea    i endup using native js      message   blur function             if  this value          this value   msg greeting

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Just use textarea Id by its type like it      textarea samplID   val

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On android  val and  html didn t work        id   text  some value     did the job

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Oohh come on boys  it works just with       your textarea id   val  some value

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Textarea has no value attribute  its value comes between tags  i e   lt textarea gt my text lt  textarea gt   it is not like the input field   lt input value  my text    gt    That s why attr doesn t work

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Oohh come on boys  it works just with       your textarea id   val  some value

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Textarea has no value attribute  its value comes between tags  i e   lt textarea gt my text lt  textarea gt   it is not like the input field   lt input value  my text    gt    That s why attr doesn t work

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I think this should work       textarea ExampleMessage   val result exampleMessage

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Text Area doesnot have value  jQuery  html   works in this case     textarea ExampleMessage   html result exampleMessage

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