Javascript event between onFocus and onChange

Question

I'm working a web page where I'd like to run some JavaScript code when a user alters text in a given input field, but I can't figure out which event to trap (assuming one exists) that would give me the behavior I'm looking for. onFocus happens too soon -- if the user selects the field but doesn't change any text, I don't want anything to happen. But onChange is too late -- I'd like the JavaScript to fire as soon as the user starts typing, not when the user is done typing and clicks something else. How could I accomplish this?

Answer 1

onkeydown (although it wouldn't work for pasted data, where onchange is probably better).

Answer 2

There are a couple events that can help you:

• onKeydown (fired when a key is pressed down)
• onKeyup (fired when a key is released)
• onKeypress (fired when a key is pressed and then released)