Is it possible to get pasted text without using the setTimeout() function?

Question

I found out that when pasting text (i.e. Hello) by using the mouse, the following function will throw an empty popup:

$(\'input:text\').onpaste          


        

Answer 1

you can use the oninput event instead, modern browsers support this method

http://jsfiddle.net/pxfunc/KDLjf/

$('input').bind('input', function(e) {
    console.log($(this).val());
});