jQuery .val（''）不会清除文本区域输入

Question

I want to clear the user input in a text area field, but it does not work. When I print the value in the browser's console it appears to be "empty", but the text still exists in the field.

I am using Meteor 0.9.3. Here is my code:

Meteor.call('submitMessageForChat', message, this._id, function(error) {
            if (error) {
                throwWarning('error', error.reason, error.details);
                return null;
            }
            $('#chat-input').val('');
});

    <textarea id="chat-input" name="message" type="text" value="" rows="5" class="form-control"></textarea>

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Answer 1

use:

 $('#chat-input').html(''); but `val('');` should also work.

there is no tag type="text" for textarea.

you can use:

$('textarea').val(''); also.

Answer 2

I forgot one very important detail: I am using wysihtml5 .

$('#chat-input').data("wysihtml5").editor.clear(); did the job.

More info .

Thanks for the help.