Question

If I have a textarea like var textarea = $('textarea'), how can I set the value to it using the JavaScript property value, and not the jQuery property val()?

I think I need to convert textarea to a JavaScript object first, but how do I?

Answer 1

You can use the dereferencing operator, or the .get() method to “Retrieve the DOM elements matched by the jQuery object.”

Examples:

txtArea[0].value = "something";

or:

txtArea.get(0).value = "something";