Get input text value on jQuery keypress event [duplicate]

Question

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jQuery get input value after keypress

I'm trying to get an input text value on jQuery .keypress() function. I've seen various examples with keypress and keydown, but not dedicated on getting the input value. Is it possible?

$(document).ready(function(){
    $("#my_field").keydown (function (e) {
        alert (e);
    });
});

The returned object has a series of properties but I haven't seen something for value input field attribute.

Is there some way to get it?

Answer 1

I'm trying to get a input text value

Use the val():

$("#my_field").keydown (function (e) {
    alert ($(this).val());
});

Assuming that #my_field is the id of input field you want to get the value of.

Answer 2

I'm unclear which you're after here, in case you're after the letter pressed, not the whole value, you can use String.fromCharCode(), for example:

$(document).ready(function(){
  $("#my_field").keydown (function (e) {
     alert (String.fromCharCode(e.which));
  });
});

You can give it a try here