Question

here’s my problem.

I have this piece of code that sets the user location as coordinates in a textbox.

var initialLocation;           
$('#from').val(initialLocation);

The initialLocation variable gets the user current location as coordinates and then $('#from').val(initialLocation); puts those coordinates in the textbox “from”.

But instead of boring coordinates like “45.542307, -73.567200” I’d like my textbox to simply show “Your location”.

So basically, I want to have the coordinates in my textbox, but change what the user sees from “45.542307, -73.567200” to “Your location”.

Is it possible to do such a thing ?

Thanks !

Answer 1

You can use data method of Jquery which stores data specific to the element

    $("#from").data("currentLocation", initialLocation).val("Your location");

//To retrieve the currentLocation
$("#from").data("currentLocation");