jQuery .attr('value', 'new_value') not working?

Question

I am trying to dynamically change the actual HTML value attribute of an input using jQuery. Although using input.attr(\'value\', \'myNewVal\'); wor

Answer 1

That's because the developer tools do not refresh. This is a well known bug in these tools, including Opera's, Safari's as well as Firebug's (the latter one being a different issue).

As far as I know, you can right-click the source tree window and hit "refresh". This doesn't refresh the page, just the source view. This "fix" doesn't work in firebug though.