Detecting “value” of input text field after a keydown event in the text field?

Question

So my site has an input box, which has a onkeydown event that merely alerts the value of the input box.

Unfortunately the value of the input does not include the ch

Answer 1

Jquery is the optimal way of doing this. Please reference the following below:

let fieldText = $('#id');
let fieldVal = fieldText.val();

fieldText.on('keydown', function() {
   fieldVal.val();
});