jQuery detect if textarea is empty

Question

I am trying to determine if a textarea is empty if a user deletes what is already pre-populated in the textarea using jQuery.

Anyway to do this?

This is what

Answer 1

if (!$("#myTextArea").val()) {
    // textarea is empty
}

You can also use $.trim to make sure the element doesn't contain only white-space:

if (!$.trim($("#myTextArea").val())) {
    // textarea is empty or contains only white-space
}