Question

With jQuery, I added a textarea

$('#description').append('<textarea rows="8" cols="40">test</textarea>');

Ok, and I change “test” text to “test 01”. But, when I try

 var cadena = $('#description').text();
 alert(cadena);

I get “test” and not “test 01”. Why?

Answer 1

give the textarea an id and then change it’s value with the val function:

$('#description').append('<textarea id="xxx" rows="8" cols="40">test</textarea>');    
$('#xxx').val('test01');

//... later on
alert($('#xxx').val());