1) At least you included some information in your follow-up post instead of just "Nevermind. It's working" :)
2) Don't forget you can use .val(newValue) instead of .attr("value", newValue) - Richard On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 12:43 AM, brian <bally.z...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 12:36 AM, brian <bally.z...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Lots of false-positives googling this. > > > > <input type="button" id="a_button" value="foo" /> > > > > $('#a_button').attr('value', 'bar'); > > > > Doesn't work? Or, am i losing my mind? > > > > 2 rules of programers' email lists (in no particular order): > > 1) the longer you futz about trying to make something work, the sooner > you'll realise your dumb error just after posting a cry for help. > > 2) Always, Always, ALWAYS try your own simplified code before posting. > > Sorry, I was using variables inside of a terniary block and I just > realised I had them backward, so the text was being changed to ... the > same thing. > > No wonder google wasn't giving me anything. >