Can I fire a Text Changed Event for an asp.net Text Box before it loses focus?

Question

I have an asp.net TextBox in which I want to check if the text entered into the TextBox is > 0. It works once I tab out or click out of the TextBox, but if I keep focus on the TextBox, it won't fire the Text Changed Event, so I have the following scenario, I want to enable something if and only if the TextBox.Text.Length = 0. Now, if I put my caret in the TextBox and delete all the characters and then leave the caret in the TextBox so it still has focus and take my mouse and click a button, it will not do what it was supposed to do because it never fired the Text Changed Event. How would something like this be handled?

Answer 1

friend, keyup, keydown and keypress are your friends

Answer 2

The best idea is to write some client-side javascript to do what you want. The TextChanged event handler requires a postback to the server, and posting back to the server before a text box loses focus is impossible. Unless that is what you intend, I would suggest the former.

Answer 3

you can also use the setInterval javascript method to check for a change in the value of the textbox on a timed basis. just remember, you need to use the form name followed by control name and value to reference the control.

setInterval(MethodName, 100);

function MethodName()
{
   if(formname.controlid.value.length > 0)
   {
     //do something here
   {
}