Javascript : text input and event listener
Text input
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>HTML Starter</title>
</head>
<body>
Name: <input type="text"/>
<br />
<br />
Hello!
</body>
</html>
Keyup event listener on textInput
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>HTML Starter</title>
</head>
<body>
Name:<input id="textInput" type="text"/>
<br />
<br />
Hello!
<script>
var textInputElement = document.getElementById('textInput');
textInputElement.addEventListener('keyup', function(){
console.log('Got keyup event.');
});
</script>
</body>
</html>
The console.log is used for debugging. We can log some-event to the console when something happens. For instance:
$( '#someButton' ).click ( function () {
console.log ( '#someButton was clicked' );
// do something
} );
We then see #someButton was clicked in Firebug (or Chrome)'s "Console" tab when we click the button. In our html, it's keyup event as shown in the Chrome:
Extracting text from the text input as it changes
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>HTML Starter</title>
</head>
<body>
Name:<input id="textInput" type="text"/>
<br />
<br />
Hello!
<script>
var textInputElement = document.getElementById('textInput');
textInputElement.addEventListener('keyup', function(){
var text = textInputElement.value;
console.log('New text is "' + text + '"');
});
</script>
</body>
</html>
