Using .onKeyUp and .onChange with Javascript DOM objects

Question

I'm having a weird problem with some JavaScript/DOM code I've been playing with. I'm trying to assign the .onKeyUp and .onChange events/methods to a text input like so:

form.elements["article"].onkeyup = "alert('test');";

Oddly, assigning using that method is doing nothing, and I'm forced to do this manually using:

form.elements["article"].setAttribute("onkeyup", "alert('test');");

Am I missing something here? I've used the first method I mentioned before and it has worked fine.

Answer 1

Try this:

form.elements["article"].onkeyup = function() { alert("test"); };

Steve