jquery change() doesnt work if the value is changed using jQuery

Question

I have a text input field which i have made readonly so the user can't type into it. I update the value of it with jquery though. So basically I want an event to fire when its value gets changed using jQuery. Below is an example of the input markup and jquery markup.

<input type="text" readonly="readonly" id="textinput" />

$('#textinput').change(function() {
    alert("It's Changed!");
});

Answer 1

You won't be able to do this. Changes made through code do not trigger events. You can simply call change directly in your code.

Something like this:

// do stuff
$('#textinput').val("something").change();