jQuery keyboard events

Question

Using jQuery, I would like to capture a keyboard event that is:

• before the user lifts their finger from the key
• after the characters

Answer 1

You can use setTimeout:

$('input').keypress(function() {
    var that = this;
    setTimeout(function() {
        // read that.value
    }, 0);
});

Live demo: http://jsfiddle.net/HpXuU/8/