Question

im trying to trigger a load event (for example set default value) on my textfield using this:

    $("#textfield1").on("load" , function(){
       $("#textfield1").val("WEEE");
    });

which won’t work.

If i do this:

 $(document).ready(function() { 
     $("#textfield1").val("WEEE");
  });

or this:

 $("body").on("load" , function(){
    $("#textfield1").val("WEEE");
 });

then i get the desired effect. am i using the load wrongly in the first snippet?

Answer 1

The load event is sent to an element when it and all sub-elements have been completely loaded. This event can be sent to any element associated with a URL: images, scripts, frames, iframes, and the window object.

via .load()

So, basically yes: the textfield will never fire the load event.