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FireFox capture autocomplete input change event

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A possibly alternative: could you simply use a timer to tell when the value of the text box changes?

RichieHindle 2009-05-14 20:18:57

Answer 2

A:

You're going to have to blur the input field and reset the focus to it. That's going to require a little trickeration though.

geowa4 2009-05-14 20:19:10

Answer 3

+4 A:

If it makes you feel better, it is a known bug

Proposed workaround: (Not mine, from here

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd"&gt;
<html>
<head>
<title>Mozilla Firefox Problem</title>
<script type="text/javascript">
function fOnChange()
{
  alert('OnChange Fired');
}

var val_textBox;

function fOnFocus()
{
  val_textBox = document.getElementById('textBox').value;
}

function fOnBlur()
{
  if (val_textBox != document.getElementById('textBox').value) {
    fOnChange();
  }
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form name="frm">
<table>
<tr>
<td><input type="text" id="textBox" name="textBox" onFocus="fOnFocus()" onBlur="fOnBlur()"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><input type="submit" value="Submit"></td>
</tr>
</form>
</body>
</html>

Serapth 2009-05-14 20:24:14

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