asp.net - Using jQuery val with AjaxToolKit's TextBoxWatermarkExtender with IE -

i know, know, "don't use ajaxtoolkit"... assume i'm stuck it.

if have following:

<asp:textbox runat="server" id="textbox" /> <asp:textboxwatermarkextender runat="server     targetcontrolid="textbox"     watermarktext="text" /> 

and

var textboxselector = $(#'<%= textbox.clientid %>'); 

then not work (i.e. changes watermark text not desired text)

textboxselector.val('example text'); 

however found in chrome:

textboxselector.focus(); textboxselector.val('example text'); 

but not in internet explorer.

any ideas how implement this?

you need set , use behaviorid of watermark extender itself.

<asp:textbox runat="server" id="textbox" /> <asp:textboxwatermarkextender runat="server     targetcontrolid="textbox" behaviorid="textboxwatermark"     watermarktext="text" /> 

then use $find() access object , set_text()

var textboxwatermark = $find("textboxwatermark"); textboxwatermark.set_text('example text');  

if $find() returning null, may have wait until page loaded. not using jquery, using toolkit

sys.application.add_load(myfunction); function myfunction() {     var textboxwatermark = $find("textboxwatermark");     textboxwatermark.set_text('example text'); }