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Quick Reference

The oninput event fires when the value of an HTML input or textarea element is first input or is changed.

Supported HTML tags (most input types, including the following):

  • textarea
  • input type="text"
  • input type="password"
  • input type="search"
				
					<!-- HTML -->
<input id="my_input" type="text" oninput="my_function()">
				
			
				
					// JavaScript
function my_function() {
    alert('The input value has changed.');
}
				
			

JavaScript

Any of the following are valid.

oninput

				
					document.getElementById('my_input').oninput = function() {my_function()};

function my_function() {
    alert('The input value has changed.');
}
				
			

input

				
					// method 1
document.getElementById('my_input').addEventListener('input', function() {
    alert('The input value has changed.');
});
				
			
				
					// method 2
document.getElementById('my_input').addEventListener('input', my_function);

function my_function() {
    alert('The input value has changed.');
}
				
			

Event

Bubbles yes
Can be canceled no

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