change event not working for a textbox when the value is assigned externally

Question

I have a textbox and a button. When I click the button, it sets certain value in the textbox. I want to submit the page whenever the value of the textbox is changed.

Ple

Answer 1

you can achieve like

$('.element').val('value').change(function(){
      $("#form").submit();
}); 

http://jsfiddle.net/senstar2/CHjL5/5/