How can I get jquery .val() AFTER keypress event?

Question

I got:

$(someTextInputField).keypress(function() {
  alert($(this).val());
});

Now the alert always returns the value BEFORE the keypress (

Answer 1

Surprised that no one mentioned the js "input" event:

$(someTextInputField).on('input', function() {
  alert($(this).val());
});

Recommended.

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Events/input