Partindo da resposta da Viktar , aqui está uma implementação que você pode chamar uma vez em um determinado elemento de entrada oculto para garantir que o evento de alteração subsequente seja acionado sempre que o valor do elemento de entrada for alterado:
/**
* Modifies the provided hidden input so value changes to trigger events.
*
* After this method is called, any changes to the 'value' property of the
* specified input will trigger a 'change' event, just like would happen
* if the input was a text field.
*
* As explained in the following SO post, hidden inputs don't normally
* trigger on-change events because the 'blur' event is responsible for
* triggering a change event, and hidden inputs aren't focusable by virtue
* of being hidden elements:
* https://stackoverflow.com/a/17695525/4342230
*
* @param {HTMLInputElement} inputElement
* The DOM element for the hidden input element.
*/
function setupHiddenInputChangeListener(inputElement) {
const propertyName = 'value';
const {get: originalGetter, set: originalSetter} =
findPropertyDescriptor(inputElement, propertyName);
// We wrap this in a function factory to bind the getter and setter values
// so later callbacks refer to the correct object, in case we use this
// method on more than one hidden input element.
const newPropertyDescriptor = ((_originalGetter, _originalSetter) => {
return {
set: function(value) {
const currentValue = originalGetter.call(inputElement);
// Delegate the call to the original property setter
_originalSetter.call(inputElement, value);
// Only fire change if the value actually changed.
if (currentValue !== value) {
inputElement.dispatchEvent(new Event('change'));
}
},
get: function() {
// Delegate the call to the original property getter
return _originalGetter.call(inputElement);
}
}
})(originalGetter, originalSetter);
Object.defineProperty(inputElement, propertyName, newPropertyDescriptor);
};
/**
* Search the inheritance tree of an object for a property descriptor.
*
* The property descriptor defined nearest in the inheritance hierarchy to
* the class of the given object is returned first.
*
* Credit for this approach:
* https://stackoverflow.com/a/38802602/4342230
*
* @param {Object} object
* @param {String} propertyName
* The name of the property for which a descriptor is desired.
*
* @returns {PropertyDescriptor, null}
*/
function findPropertyDescriptor(object, propertyName) {
if (object === null) {
return null;
}
if (object.hasOwnProperty(propertyName)) {
return Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(object, propertyName);
}
else {
const parentClass = Object.getPrototypeOf(object);
return findPropertyDescriptor(parentClass, propertyName);
}
}
Chame isso no documento pronto da seguinte maneira:
$(document).ready(function() {
setupHiddenInputChangeListener($('myinput')[0]);
});