[jQuery] Re: val() and change()

[Dan G. Switzer, II]

Josh,

>My goal was to detect a val() call from within my masked input plugin.
>
>So, when someone says "$("#id").maskedinput('(999) 999-9999')" , I
>would love to be able to detect when that value had been set
>programatically and then re-check the masking.

The only way I know to do that, would be to continually poll the field to
see if the value is something other than what you expected it to be.
However, I don't think it's worth the overhead for the little return.

-Dan