Changing Values and Properties with jQuery

jQuery excels at making it easy to change values and properties. Here are a few samples:

Change a Select Box Value

Changing which value is selected in a select box (this will select the item in the select box with the value of 126):

$('#catID').val('126');

Change the Background Color of a Textbox

$('#textbox').css({'background-color':'red'});

Checking a Checkbox

$('#txtSticky').attr('checked',true);