Any event triggered on autocomplete?

Question

I have a pretty simple form. When the user types in an input field, I want to update what they\'ve typed somewhere else on the page. This all works fine. I\'ve bound the

Answer 1

The only sure way is to use an interval.

Luca's answer is too complicated for me, so I created my own short version which hopefully will help someone (maybe even me from the future):

    $input.on( 'focus', function(){
        var intervalDuration = 1000, // ms
            interval = setInterval( function(){

                // do your tests here
                // ..................

                // when element loses focus, we stop checking:
                if( ! $input.is( ':focus' ) ) clearInterval( interval );  

            }, intervalDuration );
    } );

Tested on Chrome, Mozilla and even IE.