text input field events

[tjacobs01]

Hi all,

What event handlers work with straight <input> fields? I'd like to catch changes (hit enter or something) so I can parse the text and change some other elements on my page. Is this possible?

[Waldo2k2]

<input type="text" onblur="javascript:alert('something changed')">

however, that would force validation even if the user tabbed through....may be ok for some applications (log in systems for example wehre you only have two text areas)

or

<input type="text" onchange="javascript:alert('something definetly changed')">

this is almost foolproof, however if someone just tabs over something and leaves the old information it's not caught, so it's really up to you.
good luck.

[Zvona]

Simply, use onchange event.

http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/interact/forms.html#edef-INPUT