Change value of input in XHR request with JQuery

Question

I'm currently developing an webextension for Chrome and Fiferox. I'm loading some Html content using a get request and I need to change one of the inputs values in the HTML data response before insert in the DOM.

Here is a part of the relevant code:

var url = browser.extension.getURL("resources/forms/form-a.html");
$.get(url, function(data){

 $(data).find("input[id='name:front']").val("New Value");

 //Here the console output is NOT "New Value"
 console.log($(data).find("input[id='name:front']").val())

 $("#form-names").replaceWith($(data));

});

I hoping to change some inputs values before replacing the DOM content. Some ideas ??

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Each time you call $(data) you are parsing the response and creating new HTML elements (docs). If you saved the elements, changed the value, then updated your DOM you'll find it works OK.

var url = browser.extension.getURL("resources/forms/form-a.html");
$.get(url, function(data){

  var newForm = $(data);
  newForm.find("#name:front").val("New Value");

  // Here the console output is should be "New Value"
  console.log(newForm.find("#name:front").val())

  $("#form-names").replaceWith(newForm);
});