Is there a jquery event for handling edits of text boxes?

Question

I am looking for a way to bind to an event whenever the text of a text box changes. Right now, I have something like this:

$("#inputPane").change(function() { alert("Changed!"); });

However, this only gets called when the text box loses focus. I want to get an event whenever a new character is added, deleted, or a cut/paste occurs.

I'd prefer not to use any third party plugins for this. Using pure jquery would be nicer.

Answer 1

The best option is to use keyup event.

$("#inputPane").keyup(function() {
    alert("Changed!");
});

However you should consider that it will fire whenever ANY key is clicked, even Ctrl, Alt, Shift, etc.