jQuery detect programatic change to field

Question

I have a hidden field called #myHiddenField say.

The content of this field is programatically changed at various places.

I'd like a method that detects that change. The change event won't fire unless I type into the field but this is impossible.

Is there a jQuery way to detect programatic content change in a field?

Answer 1

You should be able to trigger the change event with:

$('#myHiddenField').change(); 

OR

$('#myHiddenField').trigger('change'); 

Of course this will require the block of code responsible for updating the filed to make one of those calls after it has done its work.