Question

I have 3 textbox

Quantity
Rate
Total

I want a key press event that when i type any amount in Rate then the total should be calculated.I have a option of text change Event but that is fired when i leave the textbox. I want to have Key press event of textbox. I have following code.

$('#<%=txtRate.ClientID %>').keypress(function (event) {

            alert($('#<%=txtRate.ClientID %>').val());

 });

Problem i am facing is when i get the alert it does not show me the current pressed value.
means if i have value in textbox 1 and if i press 2 then it will just alert me 1 as the event fires when i click. so the present value is not recorded.

Answer 1

To immediately detect the current click one must use the .keyup() event