jquery bind change event to input when value updated through jquery

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I have an input box on a form and I want to fire an event when the value of that input changes. The value is typically changed through some other jQuery function and the .change() event does not appear to be triggered when this happens.

How can I make this possible?

It should work buddy, unless for first attempt when you write something into the test box. — dreamweiver
– dreamweiver, Commented May 10, 2013 at 14:01

Arun P Johny · Accepted Answer · 2013-05-10 14:01:50Z

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You need to fire the change event manually

Ex:

$('<selector>').val('<value>').trigger('change')

answered May 10, 2013 at 14:01

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Marty Wallace Over a year ago

But my script does not have any other relation to the other script that is triggering the change

user400654 Over a year ago

@MartyWallace Then there isn't much you can do, but it doesn't make sense for that to be a problem. There's no reason you can't add .change() to it after calling .val(value), it's still decoupled from whatever is listening for that change event.

Arun P Johny Over a year ago

@MartyWallace in that case I think you are out of luck

Marty Wallace Over a year ago

So it is not possible to monitor a form input for changes? I mean, i would have thought that some event would be fired regardless of how the input is value is changed?

user400654 Over a year ago

@MartyWallace Sure, it's possible, but you have to trigger said event yourself.

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Emanuele Pavanello · Accepted Answer · 2013-05-10 14:03:54Z

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Use that

$("element").trigger("change");

answered May 10, 2013 at 14:03

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