So I am using hook form alter to update a field like below function mymodule_form_alter(&$form, &$form_state) { if ($form['#id'] == 'my_form') { $form['my_field']['#value'] = 'New value'; } } This changes the field value to new value, but the problem is that as soon as I enable this module all other JS on forms stops working. For example dropdowns, autocompletes, ajax it all no longer works. I cant understand what cause this. Thanks Update: removed syntax error