jquery input field change even when value is changed via jquery

Question

I am attempting to capture when a text input field's value is changed. I am using:

$("input[name=color]").change(function(){

This works if I type the new value in directly. However, the value of the input field is being changed by jquery. There are several of these fields, and I need to know when any have changed. Is there a way to detect this change?

Sorry, I wasn't clear. I'm not the one changing the value. It's an addon that I would rather not modify in case I need to port it to another project.

WORK-AROUND

Ok, so you can't do what I wanted to do, but here is a work-around. I just made an interval and changed my change event to an each event.

setInterval(function(){
    $("input[name=color]").each(function(){ my code })
},100);

Answer 1

There is no way to detect the changes done programmatically.

However you can trigger a change event whenever you modify its value.

$("input[name=color]").val("newValue").change();

Answer 2

When change the value by jquery you can fire the change event with jquery afterwards

$("input[name=color]").val('someValue').trigger('change');

Answer 3

No, onchange event will not be triggered when the value is changed using javascript. Alternatively you can call the onchange event when you change the value.