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Comments on Why would a form value inserted with value property won't be effective?

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Why would a form value inserted with value property won't be effective? [closed]

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Closed as unclear by Alexei‭ on Dec 1, 2021 at 13:38

This question cannot be answered in its current form, because critical information is missing.

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In a website I didn't build, I want to put a value in an HTML input field element with JavaScript and to also use it as-putted.

I can put it with the browser console this way:

document.querySelector("#example").value = "X";

But, the value isn't effective (isn't recognized by the form) unless actually typed with the keyboard or pasted.

What may cause that problem?

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Well, you didn't provide any context on what HTML document / website you are actually trying this... (2 comments)
Maybe - and that's a *wild guess* - the JavaScript code is running before the HTML is loaded, and it ... (3 comments)
Well, you didn't provide any context on what HTML document / website you are actually trying this...
elgonzo‭ wrote over 2 years ago

... therefore you get a big shrug from me. But note that depending on the actually web site/page you are messing with and depending on how and precisely when your little Javascript runs, you might get different results...

Alexei‭ wrote over 2 years ago

Until the relevant HTML and the entire JS code are provided, it is virtually impossible to answer this question, so I have closed this question. Of course, once it becomes answerable, I will reopen it.