Google calendar edit event - description not saved when edited by jQuery

Question

I'm trying to write an Chrome extension to fill in the event description in Google Calendar - edit event window. But when I add text there using Jquery: $('textarea').val('test'); and save the event, the description is not saved. Does anybody know how to solve this?

Answer 1

The solution is to insert the text by JS, and focus the field:

        $("#myfield").keyup(function(e){
            //text changed, update description field
            text_tv = $(this).val();
            descr.val('');
            descr.focus(); 
            document.execCommand('insertText', false, convert_to_tv(text_tv));
            $(this).focus();
        });