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Asked: 2026-05-20T14:24:49+00:00

I would appreciate some feedback regarding the use of $(this)[0].defaultValue for determining whether a

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I would appreciate some feedback regarding the use of $(this)[0].defaultValue for determining whether a textbox value has change from the original value e.g.

//keyUp event

if($(this)[0].defaultValue != $(this).val())
{
   //Field has been modified mark as dirty
}

In Chrome it seems to generate the desired output in the sense that the defaultValue is always the original value the textbox was loaded into the DOM with. However I have only recently discovered this value after crawling through DOM objects in the Chrome Dev tools looking for something completely different and I am concerned that it may come with a whole heap of problems. Additionally Google didn’t turn much up which concerns me even more…

Any feedback greatly appreciated.

Cheers
Rob

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  1. Editorial Team

    It seems pretty safe. i just used this fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/rXsrQ/ and tested it across chrome/firefox 3.6/safari 4/ ie8, they all behave the same.

    It is described here: https://developer.mozilla.org/en/DOM/HTMLTextAreaElement and there is no notice about compatibility issues.

    It is also described here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms533718(v=vs.85).aspx and seems to be compatible with ie 5 and up, so i don’t seem why it shouldn’t be safe to use.

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