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Asked: 2026-05-26T15:30:53+00:00

Following case: the page is rendered with the following … <input class=textInput error id=accountMailaddress

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Following case: the page is rendered with the following …

<input class="textInput error" id="accountMailaddress" name="user[email]" size="30" type="text" value="some@mailaddress.com">

So I see an input with “some@mailaddress.com” already filled out.
If the user changes the text inside of it the value attribute of the input doesn’t change in my dom-inspector. So I assume it’s possible to test the text that the user just typed against the original value (in the value attribute).

How can I do so?

Thank you in advance.

more info …

e.g. I’m logging $('.textInput').val(); on every keypress, val(); always holds the current text the user enters. Do I just have to store the original value in a variable?

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  1. Editorial Team
    $('#accountMailaddress').val() == $('#accountMailaddress')[0].defaultValue

    also, defaultValue is cross browser compatible

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