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<select> has this API. What about <input> ? Greg You can use .change() $('input[name=myInput]').change(function() { ... }); However, this event will only fire when the selector has lost focus, so you will need to click somewhere else to have this work. If that's not quite right for you, you could use some of the other jQuery events like keyup , keydown or keypress - depending on the exact effect you want. iPadDeveloper2011 As @pimvdb said in his comment, Note that change will only fire when the input element has lost focus. There is also the input event which fires whenever the textbox updates

Basically, I have drop down menu that looks like this: <select> <option>0</option> <option selected="selected">1</option> <option>2</option> <option>3</option> </select> I am trying to write a function that is fired even when you select the same option, i.e. even if the drop-down is opened and re-select the selected option, I want it to execute the function. If you mean selecting with the mouse, you can use mouseup . However, it will fire when the select box is being opened as well, so you'll need to keep track of the amount of times it was fired (even: select is being opened, odd: select is

As title suggests I want to know the difference between the change and click event of checkbox (in jQuery) I have read down the answer to this What the difference between .click and .change on a checkbox But, its not working for me. change fires even when I hit spaces without losing focus. Here's a fiddle demo Both seems to be working alike. Am I missing something here ? jackwanders According to the W3C, the onclick event is triggered by the keyboard for accessibility purposes: SCR35: Making actions keyboard accessible by using the onclick event of anchors and buttons In order to provide a

I am a novice at JavaScript and jQuery. I want to show one combobox-A, which is an HTML <select> with its selected id and contents at the other place on onChange(). How can I pass the complete combobox with its select id , and how can I pass other parameters on fire of the onChange event? Piyush Mattoo function getComboA(selectObject) { var value = selectObject.value; } <select id="comboA" onchange="getComboA(this)"> <option value="">Select combo</option> <option value="Value1">Text1</option> <option value="Value2">Text2</option> <option value="Value3">Text3</option> </select> The above