Question

In my HTML I have:

<div>
    <input type="hidden" id="field" value="-1"/>
</div>

In my jQuery I have:

var fieldInput = $("#field");

if(someBoolIsTrue)
    fieldInput.value = 4;

After this JS executes, I go to print the value of the hidden field, and it tells me it’s still -1. Am I using jQuery incorrectly here?!? Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

You should set the value like fieldInput.val(4);

Another method would be fieldInput[0].value = 4;