Fill in a form with jQuery

Question

I am trying to use jQuery to fill in a form with some default values.

The form is contained in a div which has an id. In fact every element has an id, I did so just t

Answer 1

You can use the val() function to set input values

$("#coordX_0").val(123);  

Incidentally, your original code could be made to work by setting value property on the actual, underlying dom element. You access the dom element by indexing your jQuery results:

$("#coordX_0")[0].value = 123;  

Answer 2

Just write:

$("#coordX_0").val(123);

In jQuery, text is a function to extract text in dom.

Answer 3

$("#coordX_0").val("123");

You need the quotes too I think. Although it might work both ways.