Fill a textbox with jQuery

Question

When I use this code, it doesn't want to work.

$('[id$=ADRESTextBox]').text(data[0]);

The data is an array as you can see. It really has a value (because I alerted it) How do you fill a certain textbox with jQuery.

Felix Kling · Accepted Answer · 2011-02-03 17:47:55Z

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Set values of form elements with val():

$('[id$=ADRESTextBox]').val(data[0]);

If you are talking about text input elements: They don't have "content" anyway. It is a single, self-closing tag, so any attempt to put something inside the tag will fail. A text field's value is defined by its value attribute.

Update:

With respect to the comment: If ADRESTextBox is actually the full ID, use $('#ADRESTextBox') to select the element.

edited Feb 3, 2011 at 17:47

answered Feb 3, 2011 at 17:42

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Spencer Ruport Over a year ago

Also using the pound selector for IDs '#ADRESTextBox' is a bit more standard.

Felix Kling Over a year ago

@Spencer Ruport: If the full ID is ADRESTextBox, then yes of course. But the code uses the ends with selector, so it might be that several input boxes are selected.

Jared Farrish Over a year ago

A note, the poster may be using the selector syntax [name$=] to select multiple textareas at once, so the changes are made together. So they are not synonymous, although that could be what the poster needs (can't tell without more info).

Spencer Ruport Over a year ago

Oh my mistake! I didn't realize that was an ends-with selector.

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